First Opinion David C. Grabowski, Marilyn Rantz and Jasmine L. Travers Report: U.S. nursing home care is ineffective, inefficient, inequitable, fragmented, and unsustainable
First Opinion Amol Navathe, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey and Joshua Liao How to fix the two-tier U.S. health payment system
First Opinion Ge Bai and David A. Hyman Nonprofit hospitals’ community benefits should square with their tax exemptions. They often don’t
First Opinion Erin E. Trish, Eugene Lin and Matthew Fiedler Congress should end dialysis companies’ third-party games with insurance coverage
First Opinion David C. Mulligan CMS’s new rules on organ donation and transplantation ‘will bring chaos’
Politics Rachel Cohrs and Sarah Owermohle Congress reaches major health policy deal on Medicare, Medicaid, and pandemic preparedness
First Opinion Allison Maria Lacko, Allison Bovell-Ammon and Richard Sheward Ensuring food security and health beyond the Covid-19 public health emergency
Health Tech Mohana Ravindranath Health plans say texting could help reach underserved patients. But a federal rule is getting in their way
First Opinion Gracie Himmelstein, Joniqua Ceasar and Kathryn E.W. Himmelstein Hospital financing in black and white
Politics Brittany Trang DHS issues rule to revise Trump’s ‘public charge’ policy, easing access to health services for immigrants
First Opinion Jesse Gubb Making Medicare, Medicaid innovation tests voluntary undermines evaluation opportunities
First Opinion Constantinos Michaelidis and Candra Szymanski Home care instead of hospital care: Congress should extend a crucial waiver
Pharmalot Ed Silverman A looming decision on Medicare coverage for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug could shock state Medicaid programs
First Opinion Vangela M. Wade People in states without Medicaid expansion can’t wait any longer to build back better
First Opinion Matt Salo Much Adu(helm) about nothing: New Alzheimer’s drug threatens state Medicaid budgets
Pharmalot Ed Silverman Centene to pay $143 million to two states to settle allegations of overcharging Medicaid
Exclusive Rachel Cohrs and Lev Facher Top Senate Republican holds up Biden’s CMS nominee over Texas Medicaid waiver
Pharmalot Ed Silverman Federal agency says pharma should pay higher Medicaid rebates if certain trials aren’t finished on time
Health Tech Casey Ross Health tech’s newest unicorn is running toward Medicaid patients long marginalized in medicine
First Opinion Michael Hochman and Michelle Levander Create a scorecard to help make safety-net providers accountable to patients and the public
First Opinion Divya Dethier, Megan L. Evans and Erin Tracy Bradley Medicaid needs to change its archaic rules for women seeking permanent contraception
First Opinion Eric Letsinger and Alison Rein Invest in community-based organizations to put health dollars where they are really needed