The U.S. healthcare system is at a crossroads, embarking on a crucial transformation in how care is financed. For decades, we've operated under a fee-for-service (FFS) model, which incentivizes ...
While working at a Massachusetts hospital system a decade ago, Lisa Trumble encountered a patient who had visited the emergency room 400 times in just six months. Homeless and addicted to drugs, the ...
As 2026 unfolds, UnitedHealthcare is navigating a perfect storm of Medicaid contraction, CMS payment pressures, and a strategic retreat from certain Medicare Advantage markets. In response, the ...
On Wall Street, health executives love to talk about “value-based care.” Since 2011, the term has popped up in earnings calls 1,800 times, health news website Stat reported in early December. The ...
In value-based care, nothing happens without access to robust data. It powers everything from advanced analytics to predictive AI models. It provides a holistic picture of population health and ...
In the U.S., we have two clear problems with healthcare: high costs and poor health outcomes. We spend around $5 trillion each year on healthcare—twice as much per person as other large, wealthy ...
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...
As the COVID-19 pandemic upended virtually every aspect of people's lives, one critical question loomed large for millions of low-income and underserved health care patients: Would they still be able ...