Federal laws protect access to contraception services, but coverage in private health insurance plans varies widely, ...

Medicaid serves as a lifeline for nearly 80 million people nationwide, yet the payments that providers receive for treating ...

Addressing maternal health disparities in American Indian and Alaska Native communities will require identifying data gaps ...

Behavioral health integration is a proven model that embeds mental health and SUD services with primary care. In 2023, CHCs ...

Evidence of Impact By 2019, there were 1,053 EBAIS teams and 106 support teams (providing more advanced behavioral health and social services) operating throughout Costa Rica, 2 averaging about one ...

Shoring Up the Safety Net Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and free clinics, which care for more than 30 million low-income Americans, are an obvious place to start when developing systems ...

The entrance of Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital pictured on November 20, 2020. Maryland has utilized hospital global budgeting for a decade, but the approach is rarely used elsewhere in this ...

Abstract Issue: The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) health insurance marketplaces provide a critical source of coverage and financial assistance. States operating their own marketplaces cover a ...

In some regions, employers have formed buying groups in an attempt to negotiate lower prices. Often, the most activist are self-insured employers who pay their employees’ medical claims directly ...

Brandi Gregory turns on an operating light in the emergency operation room in the labor and delivery unit at the medical complex in Hondo, Texas. States could see billions of dollars in reduced ...