It is not inevitable that H5N1 will develop into a pandemic -- if we act now. Unfortunately, instead of urgent action, we ...

CMMI can encourage the spread of better practices by launching cycles of testing and learning that seek to evaluate temporary ...

When it comes to financing, measuring, and coordinating supplemental Medicare benefits, there are significant challenges to ...

The U.S. vaccine policy landscape is broader and changing more rapidly than at any point in its modern history, and those ...

Site-neutral payments in Medicare have emerged as a potential policy option to reduce Medicare spending without impacting ...

Primary health care has particularly struggled to address the needs of PWUD. Primary care’s promise of increased provider ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis ...

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Andrew Feher of Department of Health Care Access and Information about his recent paper exploring how the incorporation of email reminders saw ...

In 2020, there were 23 million adults older than 75 in the US, and this group is growing at an annual rate of 2.13 percent. In 2019, a person who reached the age of 65 could expect to live for an ...

In August, the Biden administration marked an important moment in the history of Medicare. For the first time, the program completed negotiations with pharmaceutical manufacturers to establish ...

Headlines challenging the existence of a US maternal mortality crisis set off shock waves among clinicians, researchers, and advocates who are deeply engaged in the fight for maternal health and ...

Each year, at least 1.9 million people die from a heart attack or stroke linked to excess salt intake. But taking salt out of food that’s already prepared is impossible, and many of us are ...