As the US charts its course through the next political era, it is crucial that we boldly allocate resources and prioritize what truly impacts patients. When faced with complexity, feasibility concerns ...

Medicare’s approach to quality assurance has significantly changed over the years. Starting with cost monitoring measures, it now ensures Medicare beneficiaries receive high quality, safe, and ...

Large language models, a form of artificial intelligence, are generating a lot of hype in healthcare circles, primarily because of their potential to transform and improve various aspects of ...

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 ...

Rates of potentially preventable hospital admissions and readmissions, which were first envisioned as an indicator of access to timely and appropriate ambulatory care for uninsured patients more than ...

The Health Insurance Disparities Index allows stakeholders to assess progress in addressing health care disparities using publicly available, validated, reported health plan quality metrics results.

Cancer is fast-becoming one of the most expensive chronic conditions in the United States, and hospital care accounts for nearly a quarter of this spending. 1 Unplanned emergency department (ED) ...