This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

When the CEO of United Health Care was gunned down on a city street, it is unclear whether anyone expected the massive outburst of hatred for the health insurance industry. The memes are amazingly ...

Talk of "operational efficiency" and "compliance" can wear healthcare leaders down. But while industry buzzwords might be numbing your psyche, the benefits of enhancing healthcare payment workflows ...

A common thread in efforts to improve the system is to become more patient-centered, as emphasized in the landmark Institute of Medicine Report, “Crossing the Quality Chasm,” nearly 25 years ago. To ...

If some sort of national health care reform emerges from its current state of limbo and actually becomes law, it could include provisions seeking to move away from the fee-for-service reimbursement ...

There are 3 ways to make the US health care system more efficient and sustainable: address its burdensome complexity, emphasize primary care reimbursement, and regulate drug pricing. Moving to a ...