The alignment of incentives is clear. Treatment of tobacco use improves patient health, lowers total medical expense, and, ...

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Stacie Dusetzina of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and David Simon of the ...

For now, the most reasonable stance is watchful waiting: acknowledging the real problems WISeR seeks to address, recognizing ...

The North Carolina State Health Plan experience shows us that large, self-insured employers can work to bend the cost curve ...

This Forefront article details the proposed changes to Medicaid eligibility and financing, the anticipated outcomes for ...

A patient-led process for comparing actual bills to data reported under the hospital price transparency rule would help the ...

In 2025, the average annual premium for family health coverage reached $26,993, an increase of $1,408 (6 percent) from the previous year. Covered workers contributed an average of 16 percent ($1,440) ...

This shift could improve care coordination and create opportunities for cost savings through enhanced formulary flexibility ...

Under FDA regulations, suspension is not the end of the process. Unless a license holder voluntarily relinquishes its license ...

Family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance reached an average of $26,993 this year, KFF’s annual benchmark health benefits survey of large and smaller employers finds. On average, workers ...

Harrison (Harry) Koos is a PhD candidate in health policy (health economics track) at Stanford University. His research focuses on transparency and competition in markets for hospital services.