Together, these trends show fewer opioid prescriptions dispensed, less opioid dosage exposure, fewer patients exposed to ...

In this episode of A Health Podyssey, host Rob Lott speaks with University of Michigan's Mitchell Mead about his new Health ...

PhD, is Chief Economist and Chief Regulatory Officer at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He is also a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and previously served as ...

Stephen J. Murphy, PhD, is an economist in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Department of Health and Human Services. She co-chairs the Great American Recovery Initiative, established by Executive Order 14379 on January 29, 2026, alongside the HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

By expanding the “Mission Zero” framework into a cohesive network of National Security Hospitals, Congress and the White ...

Provider payment rates in Medicaid are often assessed by comparing Medicaid fee-for-service rates with Medicare rates. However, this approach may poorly approximate payments in Medicaid managed care, ...

Reducing health care spending and improving population health needs a comprehensive approach to replace the current ...

Only vendors have access to all of the necessary data to examine the influence of their products on health care spending and use. That is not a limitation of claims data; the limitation is inherent in ...

Equity and national performance are not competing goals. Improving outcomes in the population bearing the greatest prostate cancer burden is one pathway to improving the US’s overall cancer outcomes.

MD, MPH, MS, PhD, is a physician, public health researcher, and assistant professor at the Touro University California College of Pharmacy. He teaches evidence-based medicine and research methods at ...

Nonprofit hospitals must conduct a community health needs assessment every three years to identify pressing health needs. But ...