The United States is in the midst of a perinatal mental health crisis. Mental health conditions are a leading cause of death during pregnancy and the first year postpartum, 1 and despite extensive ...

In the US, Medicare Part D is the primary source of prescription drug insurance for older adults. Although most beneficiaries report being satisfied with their Part D coverage, those needing very ...

In traditional Medicare, postacute care is a target of efforts to reduce waste 1 and lower hospital readmission rates, 2 but few studies have examined postacute care in Medicare Advantage (MA).

Amanda C. Chen ([email protected]), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. David C. Grabowski, Harvard University. Two-thirds of US hospices were not given a star rating when the Centers ...

Expanding the systematic surveillance of attacks on health care infrastructure represents a critical opportunity for ...

Following the U.S. House of Representatives’ narrow passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in late May 2025, Republicans ...

This month, lenacapavir is expected to receive FDA approval for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). It could very well be that ...

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews MacKenzie Hughes of NORC at the University of Chicago about her recent paper reviewing ...

Futures contracts, particularly due to their prevalence in other industries, have working case studies that highlight the ...

Medicare’s Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program is the largest pay-for-performance initiative ever implemented to improve care in SNFs. The program ties SNF ...

John K. Iglehart, founding editor of Health Affairs and long-time national correspondent for the New England Journal of ...

Medicaid expansion was a recognition that low-income Americans of all ages need, and deserve, health insurance, and that such ...