A functioning Marketplace should look like your local grocery store: a variety of options that meet population needs and real-world demand.

This article examines the PBM-related provisions in the 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act in the context of other federal and state efforts to regulate PBMs, then offers recommendations on ...

Dr. Yngvild Olsen is a National Advisor at Manatt Health and former director of the Center for Substance Use Treatment at SAMHSA and addiction medicine physician. A nationally recognized leader in ...

For decades, mpox did not pose a threat to Americans, but that changed rapidly and repeatedly over the past five years.

Weeks earlier, the New York City Council passed the Guaranteeing Unbiased AI Regulation and Disclosure (GUARD) Act, which ...

Before ChatGPT Health becomes a default destination for people seeking to make sense of their health, we need better evidence ...

Policymakers should prepare now for the likelihood that the decision will in some degree at least open the door to challenges to all health care provided only through speech. State licensing boards ...

Vincent Joralemon is the director of the Life Sciences Law and Policy Center at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where he teaches courses on legal writing, health law, and ...

Durable national strategy will require alignment across five domains: manufacturer negotiations, provider networks, clinical criteria, financing mechanisms, and data infrastructure. No single public ...

In 2018, Medicare established coverage and reimbursement for its first service using artificial intelligence (AI): computed tomography (CT) fractional flow reserve (FFRCT). FFRCT is used in ...

While utilization is undeniably part of the equation, prices—whether labeled explicitly or embedded in measures of intensity—remain central to understanding why US health spending levels are high and ...

The main difference between MedPAC and CMS estimates of uncorrected coding intensity is that MedPAC’s estimate accounts for the upward trend in coding intensity.