Politics and Policy

June 13, 2022

Researchers analyzed studies from several countries and found a link between improved transitional care for those in long-term care facilities and a lower risk of a return trip to the hospital.

April 15, 2022

A new report says the nation must take action to bring about the necessary changes. An industry group says it’s the most comprehensive study of nursing homes in more than three decades.

March 25, 2022

In this episode of the "Meet the Board" podcast series, Briana Contreras, Managed Healthcare Executive editor, speaks with Ateev Mehrotra, a member of the MHE editorial advisory board and a professor of healthcare policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School. Mehtrotra is also a hospitalist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. In the discussion, Contreras gets to know Mehrotra more on a personal level and picks his brain on some of his research interests including telehealth, alternative payment models and price transparency.

February 26, 2022

Ideally, value-based and technology programs combine to produce better outcomes. But researchers at University of California, San Francisco, found little evidence of synergy in the meaningful use, patient-centered medical home and Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO program.

February 23, 2022

During the state of the industry webinar, AHIP experts reviewed policies and solutions to improve affordable access to care and shape healthcare in the post-pandemic world.

February 04, 2022

The conclusion of the pre-print meta-analysis is that small effect of "nonpharmaceutical interventions" on COVID-19 mortality rates did not outweigh the effects of lockdowns.

February 03, 2022

Biden is reviving the program he headed as vice president with the goal of reducing the cancer mortality rate and improving the experience of patients and their loved ones.

December 23, 2021

Despite calls for better integration of social care into healthcare delivery, the lack of adequate payment models has stymied efforts to improve health and reduce costs by paying for social interventions.

August 26, 2021

Public insurers such as Medicaid, especially in states that expanded coverage under the ACA, kept people insured.

December 07, 2020

Zients, who served as director of the National Economic Council under Barack Obama, would come to the post with a background in business and technology, rather than a traditional healthcare portfolio.