This article does not attempt to predict the potential policies that the new administration and Congress might pursue or how ...

Transparency in the program is more than just a mechanism for fair pricing—it is a driving force that diminishes the returns ...

In 2016, ahead of the US presidential election, the National Academy of Medicine launched the strategic initiative Vital Directions for Health and Health Care—a series of papers on critical areas of ...

Expanding eligibility for MSPs is an important avenue to support health care affordability for older low-income adults, ...

Laws and policies prohibiting the discussion of what the first Trump administration in 2020 labeled “divisive concepts” ...

Existing regulatory authority allows CMS to ensure that all provisions within the Inflation Reduction Act bring meaningful ...

CMS has been dedicated to strengthening Medicaid and CHIP by helping eligible people more easily enroll and keep their ...

The Quality Pathway can drive greater care improvements through the use of multiple complementary levers of change, such as ...

In late October 2024, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) released data for the eleventh year of the ...

This past year featured key developments in the prescription drug policy area, including the implementation of significant ...

It is likely that the Trump Administration will be aligned with the state attorneys general who brought this lawsuit—and will ...

Continued increases in premiums and underlying health care prices have likely contributed to the declining small-group health ...