Editor’s Note: In addition to Angèle Malâtre-Lansac, this post was conceived of and written by the 2018-2019 Harkness Fellows on health care policy and practice listed at end of this post. Each year, the Commonwealth Fund selects an international cohort of Harkness Fellows in health care policy and practice, consisting of mid-career researchers, policy makers, and practitioners with leading…
How we organize our political economy has profound implications for our health. Americans experience worse outcomes than those living in peer nations — from sho
First-in-class drugs can be highly innovative because of their novel mechanisms of action, but they also carry uncertainty in the absence of clinical experience. To…
Recent policy directives from the White House seek to compel actions that are contrary to widely accepted standards of ethical public health practice.
President Trump campaigned on leaving the issue of abortion up to state policymakers. However, his administration has already prioritized federal policy changes that have or…
The current regulatory environment is marked by change and uncertainty. Without stability, affinity plans—still in their early stages of growth and positioned around meeting the…
The potential of AI tools to mitigate clinician burnout could remain untapped if we fail to prioritize the clinician experience.
Private equity (PE) acquisitions of health care providers are often framed as a monolithic intervention, but firms’ strategies for generating returns for investors may vary.…
Health Affairs’ Jeff Byers welcomes Kinika Young of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to the program to discuss a recent final rule/advisory issued by the…
Health Affairs’ Jeff Byers welcomes Kinika Young of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to the program to discuss a recent final rule/advisory issued by the…
This article summarizes the provisions of the final 2026 HHS Notice of Benefit Payment Parameters related to the individual and small group market risk adjustment…
