A Look at the GENEROUS Model and Factors That Could Impact Medicaid Drug Costs
While spending on prescription drugs accounts for a relatively small share of overall Medicaid spending, Medicaid drug spending has grown...
Hantavirus on a Cruise? What Every Traveler Should Know About This Rare Disease
Recent hantavirus cases among cruise travelers have put this rare but serious virus back on the radar. The overall risk...
Amazon Pharmacy to offer home delivery for Novo’s Ozempic pill
Amazon Pharmacy will make Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic pill available for home delivery, the company announced Thursday. Per the announcement, Amazon...
Patient access in 2026: Cost and complexity reshape the patient journey
Patient access is improving in some areas, but the journey is still being shaped by two major forces: administrative complexity...
Louisiana v. FDA: Access to Mifepristone Back at the Supreme Court
In response to emergency appeals filed by Danco and GenBioPro, on May 4, 2026, Justice Alito issued a one-week administrative...
Consultants brought no ‘meaningful changes’ to hospitals: study
Nonprofit hospitals may have gotten a raw deal on the millions to billions of dollars they spent on management consulting...
What AI Can Do — And What It Can’t
Transcript AI Usage Disclosure: This transcript was created with assistance from AI tools. It was reviewed and edited by KFF Staff. Chip Kahn: Last...
AHA, West Health Institute partner on health tech deployment
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the West Health Institute are embarking on a new three-year initiative to aid healthcare...
Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program Enhance Some Consumer Protections But Roll Back Others
CMS recently finalized policies as part of the 2027 Medicare Advantage final rule that both enhance consumer protections and roll...
Industry Voices—VBC won the policy argument. Now it must deliver
Value-based care has largely won the policy debate in American healthcare. Across Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and commercial insurance, payment...
