State Directed Payments (SDPs) are an emerging tool that give states the authority to direct how managed care plans pay providers (such as by mandating managed care plans pay Medicaid providers a ...

Health care workers face increasing risks of injury while caring for others, with recent studies showing alarming rates of workplace accidents. From lifting patients to managing infectious diseases, ...

A Michigan-based deliberative study found strong public support for patient-informed artificial intelligence (AI) labeling in health care, emphasizing transparency, privacy, equity, and safety to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Lyndon B. Johnson, left, next to former President Harry S. Truman, signs into law the measure creating Medicare and ...

Four Chicago-area hospital leaders laid out their fears that worsening burdens stemming from massive federal funding cuts will severely fray the health care safety net. At yesterday morning's Crain's ...

Improving access to health care for individuals rejoining their communities after incarceration is a critical strategy for reducing crime, improving community health, and bettering overall public ...

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 ...

Continuity of care represents the ongoing, trusting relationship between patients and their primary care providers, forming the cornerstone of effective healthcare systems. This model aims to ...

Health care administration is a dynamic discipline that focuses on the structured management of health organisations and the efficient delivery of clinical services. It encompasses a range of ...