Dear John,

This week, Health Affairs released their January issue with articles that focus on Medicare and its risk-adjustment program.

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M E D I C A R E

Medicare Enrollment Increased Visits To Primary Care Providers But Not Mental Health Care Providers, 2014–21

Donghoon Lee and Jing Li

Assessing Medicare’s Coverage With Evidence Development Program

Maryam Mooghali et al.

M E D I C A R E   A D V A N T A G E

Medicare Advantage Networks Include Few Black Or Hispanic Physicians, Making Concordant Care Inaccessible For Many

David J. Meyers et al.

Use Of Patient Health Survey Data For Risk Adjustment To Limit Distortionary Coding Incentives In Medicare

J. Michael McWilliams et al.

Combining Patient Survey Data With Diagnosis Codes Improved Medicare Advantage Risk-Adjustment Accuracy

Meghan Bellerose et al.

Are Fewer Diagnoses Better? Assessing A Proposal To Improve The Medicare Advantage Payment System

Richard Kronick et al.

Medicare Risk Adjustment: Goals, Reform Proposals, And New Frontiers

Aaron L. Schwartz

After Risk-Adjustment Change, Dementia Diagnoses Increased In Medicare Advantage Relative To Traditional Medicare

Sidra Haye et al.

C A R E   D E L I V E R Y

Current Use And Evaluation Of Artificial Intelligence And Predictive Models In US Hospitals

Paige Nong et al.

Veterans May Be Seeing Lower-Quality Clinicians In The VHA Community Care Network

Yanlei Ma et al.

Tubal Sterilization And Vasectomy Increased Among US Young Adults After The Dobbs Supreme Court Decision In 2022

Julia Strasser et al.

Chevron’s Fall And Its Impact On Medical AI

Sara Gerke and David A. Simon

New Federal Guidance Puts Medical Debt Collectors On Notice

Kinika Young

Ninth Circuit Panel Issues Mixed Opinion On Idaho Abortion Travel Ban

Sheela Ranganathan

A Stronger Medicare Program—Now And Into the Future

Meena Seshamani et al.

Climate Resilience And The Promise Of Value-Based Care

Rutvij Merchant et al.

What Makes A Drug Special?: Understanding PBMs’ Pharmacy Definitions

Dylan Kacerek and T. Joseph Mattingly II

Delivering Change Requires Determination, Hard Work, And Vision

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

Health Systems Must Take Action To Achieve Trustworthiness

Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup

The Scope of Medicare Fraud

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott back to the program to explore Medicare fraud, how prevalent it is, who's most at risk, and what measures are being taken to protect Medicare beneficiaries.