Current fee-for-service models incentivize patient volume over quality of care, reducing humans to “decimal points on a spreadsheet.” Major wearable and health-tech companies increasingly monetize ...

Vertical health delivery programmes were highly effective in rapid roll-out of HIV services in high-burden countries in ...

The many parts of the complex PBM equation have opened the door for forward-thinking minds to innovate and move from vertical ...

U.S. hospitals have begun responding to health care reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 by accelerating alignment with physicians. Hospital-physician vertical integration has increased ...

The poster session, “Behind the Curtain: How Healthcare Policy Shapes Patient Outcomes,” took place on the final day of the American Heart Association Scientific Session. Vertical integration, which ...

On March 5, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, and the Department of Health and Human Services launched a cross-government request for ...

This study found no evidence that hospital employment of physicians resulted in physicians treating sicker patients, undercutting claims that hospital-employed physicians serve a higher-acuity patient ...

Medicare Advantage, the form of Medicare where insurance companies take the risk of monetary losses while providing the same care as traditional Medicare but at a lower cost to beneficiaries, now ...

“Value-based care” — that familiar, vague phrase that has no real definition but that everyone supports — is firmly entrenched in Wall Street vernacular. The phrase “value-based care” began ...

Imagine being discharged from the emergency room after a severe asthma flare-up, only to return to a home located near factories or congested roadways that heavily pollute the air. Or having your ...

This is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Medicare and Medicaid Integration. The featured topic includes analysis, proposals, and commentary that will inform policies on the ...