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Will The New Administration’s FDA Be A Threat Or An Opportunity For The Public's Health?
The immediate aftermath of the 2024 presidential election has brought renewed attention to regulatory policy at the U.S. Food ...
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The IRA And Post-Approval Clinical Research For Cancer Medicines
Medicare drug price negotiation could have significant impacts on investment in post-approval studies for cancer treatment ...
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PBMs Challenge FTC Enforcement Authority In Federal Court
Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx continue to defend themselves against a Federal Trade Commission administrative ...
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Investing In Safety: Reimbursing Safe Firearm Storage Counseling
On September 26, 2024, the White House released an executive order allowing states to use Medicaid to reimburse health care ...
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The Emerging Role Of States In Combating Climate Change’s Health Effects
Given the disproportionate impact of climate change on low-income communities of color, Medicaid has an important opportunity to meaningfully invest in communities by mitigating the health impacts of ...
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The Real Reasons Drug Prices Are So High
Key policies introduced over the past 45 years have brought new research organizations and investors into the pharmaceutical ...
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Together, Medicaid Capitation Withholds And Value-Based Payments Can Improve Care For Dually Eligible Managed Care Enrollees
States can align capitation withholds with value-based payment state-directed payment arrangements to incentivize managed ...
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Health Affairs Editor-In-Chief Alan Weil To Step Down
Health Affairs announced today that Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil will leave his role at the end of the year.
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Centering Beneficiaries’ Perspectives Amidst Change In The Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Environment
In this article, we describe what’s new in Medicare Advantage Organizations' (MAOs’) PY2025 nonmedical benefit offerings and ...
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Enforcing Hospital Price Transparency: Lessons From CMS Actions
Effective enforcement of the Hospital Price Transparency Rule can empower patients, foster competition, and help control ...
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Addressing The Perinatal Mental Health Needs Of Adolescents
The April 2024 special themed issue of Health Affairs on perinatal mental health and well-being brought together important ...
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Upcoding Linked To Up To Two-Thirds Of Growth In Highest-Intensity Hospital Discharges In 5 States, 2011–19
Diagnosis-based payment systems can create incentives to upcode patients to a higher level of severity to increase payment. In some instances, upcoding can be a form of fraud if providers code ...