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This week, Health Affairs releases their new issue focusing on payment policy, Medicare Advantage, and more.

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P A Y M E N T   P O L I C Y

Medicare Site-Neutral Payment Policies: Effects Of Proposals On Hospitals And Beneficiary Groups

Klara K. Lou et al.

Site-Neutral Payment And Biosimilars Competition Are Complementary Purchaser Strategies For Cancer Biologics

James C. Robinson and Christopher M. Whaley

M E D I C A R E   A D V A N T A G E

Medicare Advantage Plan Disenrollment: Beneficiaries Cite Access, Cost, And Quality Among Reasons For Leaving

Geoffrey J. Hoffman et al.

Medicare Advantage Denies 17 Percent Of Initial Claims; Most Denials Are Reversed, But Provider Payouts Dip 7 Percent

Boris Vabson et al.

Claim Denials: Low-Income Patients From Disadvantaged Racial And Ethnic Groups Experienced The Largest Burdens

Michal Horný et al.

F E A T U R E D   S E R I E S

CMS’s Hospice Star Rating System Limited By Missing Data

Amanda C. Chen and David C. Grabowski

part of our Age-Friendly Health series

Medicare Part D Redesign Savings May Be Lower For Beneficiaries With Spending Below The Out-Of-Pocket Cap

Stacie Dusetzina et al.

part of our Eye On The IRA series

Stipends From Hospitals To Emergency Medicine And Anesthesiology Clinicians Increased In California, 2002–21

Erin Duffy et al.

part of our The Practice Of Medicine series

A Health Podyssey: Thomas Dobbs on Public Health Cuts, Careers, and That Supreme Court Case

Health Affairs This Week: Back In Our Budget Reconciliation Bag w/ Katie Keith

• 6/17: Risk Adjustment Trends & Reform with J. Michael McWilliams
  
  
• 7/9: Supreme Court Wrap-Up with moderator Sara Rosenbaum joined by panelists William Sage, Barak Richman, and Renee Landers

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House SNAP Cuts Would Further Endanger Medicaid For Disabled People, Older Adults

Alison Barkoff and Leighton Ku

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

Federal Officials Announce Steps To Strengthen Health Care Price Transparency

Stacey Pogue

part of our Provider Prices In The Commercial Sector series

The Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Year Two: Effects On Access And Innovation

Laura Tollen

A Vision For Rebuilding CMS

Jonathan Blum

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

A Policy Framework For States Seeking To Scale Palliative Care

Brystana G. Kaufman et al.

The Executive Order On Fertility Treatments: An Opportunity For The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

Jonathan Foley

Flex Cards In Medicare Advantage: A Closer Look At Impact and Challenges

Joseph June et al.

part of our Supplemental Benefits In Medicare Advantage series

Tracing The Arc Of Medication Utilization Management Over Time

Kimberly Westrich et al.

Four Things States Can Do To Further Protect Health Care Privacy

Jennifer D. Oliva et al.

Medicaid Policy And The Future Of Black Men’s Health

Okey K. Enyia

Medicaid Spending Reductions: Focus On Targeted Cuts And Targeted Subsidies

Ann Kempski and Robert Murray

part of our Medicaid Financing series

Ending DEI Programs Will Not Help Asian Americans In Health Care

Michelle Ko et al.