The escalating threat of climate change is not just an environmental concern; it is increasingly becoming a workplace hazard.

Early detection of rare but treatable diseases has long been one of public health’s quiet triumphs, sparing thousands of ...

This piece highlights a striking example of pointless complexity in the US health care system: the 24 (or more) separate ...

Republicans in Congress have raised the prospect of rolling back recently finalized rules that make Medicaid more efficient, ...

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Mary Kathryn Poole of Harvard University to discuss her recent paper ...

State-directed payments are an effective mechanism for Medicaid programs to ensure adequate reimbursement for providers, but ...

Data Sources And Study Population We obtained person-level Medicare Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) data for 2012 and 2013 from CMS. These data included information about ...

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Hello and welcome to Health Affairs This Week. I am your host, Jeff Beyers. We're recording on 04/24/2025. This week, we published an ahead of print article by Yasha Sweeney Singh titled private ...

A wave of new “tough-on-crime” state laws across the country criminalizes substance use and homelessness, raising serious public health concerns. For example, 2024’s “Safer Kentucky Act ...