There is considerable risk that a federal Medicaid work requirement would cause many people with substance use disorder to lose their health insurance and their access to treatment.
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers invites Victor Dzau of the National Academy of Medicine to the program to discuss the 2025 Vital Directions paper package and what major takeaways could be found to inform ...
Recent data from Oregon’s public plan price cap suggest state and federal policy makers can control health care costs—if they ...
To optimize the potential of community health workers and peer support specialists in addressing syndemic health crises, we ...
Before implementing integration strategies more broadly, policy makers should first recognize and consider the health, social ...
Study Sample The 471 physicians in our sample documented clinical work in the EHR records of 765,129 patients, 637,769 of whom were seen at least once in the 2,842,109 face-to-face ambulatory care ...
Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad back to the program to discuss two recent reports exploring the impacts of private equity on the US health care system.
When existing systems do not accommodate access to health care innovation, we must change those systems. Fulfilling nirsevimab’s promise will require overcoming entrenched hospital payment norms.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 marked a significant shift in US health care policy, granting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the authority to establish a program to negotiate ...
Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I'm your host, Jeff Byers. We're recording on 02/19/2025. It's snowing here in Richmond, Virginia. We'll see how long that lasts, before this winter ...
Despite a recent US Surgeon General’s advisory declaring gun violence a public health emergency, our understanding of the ...