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Join us Tuesday August 12 for a live taping of A Health Podyssey as Rob Lott talks with author Kenton Johnston about his August 2025 paper on shifts in clinician participation in Medicare value-based payment models.

Today's Featured Articles

Fee-For-Service, Accountable Care Organizations, And Medicare Advantage: Why?

Michael E. Chernew

Medicare Advantage Enrollment Since The ACA: What The Projections Did Not Foresee

Gretchen A. Jacobson and Cori Uccello

How States Can Improve Medicaid Outreach Among Unenrolled And Eligible Latine Populations

Kristin Podsiad et al.

More on Accountable Care Organizations

Massachusetts Medicaid ACO Program May Have Improved Care Use And Quality For Pregnant And Postpartum Enrollees

Megan B. Cole et al. (September 2024)

No Improvement In Mental Health Treatment Or Patient-Reported Outcomes At Medicare ACOs For Depression And Anxiety Disorders

Jason M. Hockenberry et al. (November 2023)

Medicare’s Specialty-Oriented Accountable Care Organization: First-Year Results For People With End-Stage Renal Disease

Darin F. Ullman et al. (June 2022)

In July 1965, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law to provide basic health insurance for vulnerable populations.

Forefront editors invited experts to share their thoughts on where these programs began, how they’ve changed, and what may lie ahead.

• How To Protect Medicare And Medicaid For Future Generations
  
  
• National Innovator, Regional Detractor: Arkansas’s Complex Relationship With Medicaid
  
  
• Medicare Still Matters
  
  
• The Future Of Medicaid And The Imperative Of Organized Power
  
  
• How Medicaid Built Community Health Centers And Health Centers Returned The Favor

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