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ICYMI on Health Affairs This Week, Jeff Byers and Leslie Erdelack discuss the latest hospital price transparency requirements that began in 2025, how many hospitals are actually following these regulations, and what effect noncompliance has on consumers' access to health care.

Today's Featured Articles

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

Meghan Bellerose et al.

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

J. Michael McWilliams et al.

Health Policy At A Crossroads: What To Watch In 2025

Katie Keith

State Policy Levers Can Increase Enrollment In Medicare Savings Programs

Kate Johnson et al.

part of our Medicare and Medicaid Integration series

More on Medicare Advantage

In-Home Health Risk Assessments And Chart Reviews Contribute To Coding Intensity In Medicare Advantage

Paul D. Jacobs (July 2024)

Coding-Driven Changes In Measured Risk In Accountable Care Organizations

Michael E. Chernew et al. (December 2021)

Adjusted Mortality Rates Are Lower For Medicare Advantage Than Traditional Medicare, But The Rates Converge Over Time

Joseph P. Newhouse et al. (April 2019)

In a Health Policy brief released last week, Derek Griffith and Andrew Twinamatsiko explore the laws and policies prohibiting the discussion of what the Trump administration labeled “divisive concepts” and their impact on health equity.

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