Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The federal value-based Kidney Care Choices model for kidney disease is now in year 4. Result from year 1 show ...

Increasingly, states are adopting Section 1115 waivers that allow Medicaid to address health-related social needs (HRSN) such as food insecurity, housing instability, and lack of transportation. Ten ...

This is having a significant impact on the business of health care, which is moving toward the more general industry lean manufacturing mentality. With a shift in onus of the delivery of care we are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients using stepped palliative care model had fewer mean visits by week 24. Those who received stepped care ...

From 2018 to 2023, the number of concierge and direct primary care practices grew, and there was a substantial shift away from independent ownership. So finds a new study published in Health Affairs ...

Behavioral health is a top concern for hospital CEOs in 2024 — and for good reason, as health systems face persistent challenges in meeting demand and lack adequate funding to address widespread ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

A little over 5 years ago, Hil Moss, MBA, MPH, completed 15 months of treatment for breast cancer. After being actively involved with fellow patients during treatment, Moss was struck by what she was ...

A Palliative Performance Status (PPS) of 50% or lower at admission to SAD-CP indicated moderate to significant functional decline, confirming the critical role of nursing care in the home-based ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Oncology Care Model (OCM) was an alternative payment model for fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries with cancer who were undergoing chemotherapy ...

Recognizing this, Preferred Dental is moving toward a more diagnostic and preventative model of care that views the mouth as a mirror of the body’s internal environment. By identifying early markers ...

As COVID-19 continues to make its presence known, the world remains unclear about the sometimes-debilitating condition known as long COVID. There is no standardized definition and existing definitions ...