Models that provide hybrid payments to primary care practices without adding financial risk are effective at supporting the ...

As enrollment in ACA-compliant coverage becomes more challenging, insurance products and arrangements that do not meet ACA standards will become more prevalent.

In addition to its expansion and reform of health insurance coverage, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains numerous provisions intended to resolve underlying problems in how health care is delivered ...

The United States continues to have the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, despite a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. And within the U.S., the rate is by far the highest ...

For many people, primary care is their first point of contact with the health system, and decades of evidence shows it is critical for population health, health equity, and the overall efficiency of ...

People’s health also varies markedly across and within states, as does access to health services and overall quality of care. 5 Large racial and ethnic health inequities, driven by factors both inside ...

Brazil, the world’s fifth-largest nation, established a Family Health Strategy in 1994, which uses community health workers (CHWs) to provide basic primary care to families at home, relay information ...

An estimated 26 million Americans, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, lacked health insurance in 2023. 1 While the United States still lags countries that have universal coverage, today’s uninsured ...

Before we can evaluate the impact of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance premiums in the individual market, it is critical to understand the pricing trends of these premiums before the ...

Roughly 55 percent of Medicaid enrollees are working full or part time, and a number aren’t eligible for health insurance through their jobs. Read more in an explainer here. Of the over 26 million ...

Hospitals across the United States rely on dashboards to detect subtle changes in performance, including shifts in patient satisfaction ratings, infection rates, and insurance claim denials. Designed ...

For more comparative health system data from the OECD, click here. A 2015 Commonwealth Fund brief showed that — before the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act were introduced — the United ...