Deploying lenacapavir will require rethinking who delivers HIV prevention, how it is financed, and what policy infrastructure ...

We begin with a discussion of OBBBA’s community engagement requirements and their impact on the eligibility determination ...

A growing body of evidence suggests that facility fee reform could provide meaningful out-of-pocket relief to consumers ...

Research suggests that cannabis use is associated with potential therapeutic benefits but also individual health harms, particularly for adolescent populations. Evidence is inconsistent and, in some ...

The financial viability of rural hospitals has been a matter of serious concern, with ongoing closures affecting rural residents’ access to medical services. We examined the financial viability of ...

CMS has been working aggressively to improve the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) within the program’s statutory ...

Timothy Bulat ([email protected]), Actuarial Research Corporation, Columbia, Maryland. Sean R. McClellan, Abt Global, Berkeley, California. Matthew J. Trombley, Abt ...

Using newly available Medicare enrollment data, we describe changes in look-alike plan offerings and dual-eligible enrollment ...

The Veterans Health Administration is a large integrated health care system operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). By law, the VA can buy prescription drugs at discounted prices. But it ...

Caitlin Carroll ([email protected]), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jessica Y. Chang, Health Care Cost Institute, Washington, D.C. Rural hospitals in the US have closed at a rapid ...

The US has enough water to meet the needs of its residents, but widespread inequalities in access to clean water and sanitation infrastructure undermine human health, and ongoing climate change ...

Andrew W. Mulcahy ([email protected]), RAND, Arlington, Virginia. US prices for brand-name drugs are substantially higher than those in other countries. Recent “most favored nation” proposals aim to ...