Dear John,

ICYMI, Health Affairs published an ahead-of-print release, Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities for 2025, featuring seven articles highlighting key areas for action and transformative change in US health care.

These articles will be in our upcoming February issue, which you can preorder now for $10 off.

Volume 3, Issue 1 of Health Affairs Scholar features the second installment of Health Workforce Issues and Challenges In The Post-Pandemic Era.

Developed by the federally funded Health Workforce Research Centers, the series explores pressing challenges facing the health workforce today- from shortages to regulatory changes to the physical and mental well-being of health care workers and more.

Featured Papers Series: Health Workforce Issues and Challenges In The Post-Pandemic Era

Health Workforce Issues and Challenges In The Post-Pandemic Era

David Armstrong

Family Physicians’ Perspectives On Outcomes, Processes, And Policies In Dementia Care

Alisssa B Sideman et al.

Aligning Training, Regulation, And Payment Policy To Advance The Behavioral Health Workforce

Brianna Lombardi et al.

Medicaid Billing For Community Health Worker Services Growing, But Remains Low, 2016-2020

Clese Erikson et al.

Workplace Factors Associated With Job Satisfaction Among Dental Hygienists And Assistants In The United States

Nozomi Sasaki et al.

Editor's Choice

Tracing Value From Social Determinant Solutions

Len M Nichols et al.

Trump Reinstates Mexico City Policy, Prioritizes Hyde Amendment Enforcement

Katie Keith

Beyond Gene Therapies: People With Sickle Cell Disease Need Comprehensive Care

Mohandas Narla

Confirming RFK Jr. Could Mean Swift And Unchecked Upheaval For Vaccines

Paul T. Kim and David Bowen

Medical-Dental Integration Can Promote Comprehensive Oral Care For Dual-Eligible Adults

Lisa A. Thompson et al.

The Supreme Court Puts Access To Medicaid Family Planning Care On The Line

Sara Rosenbaum et al.

Supplier Concentration In Medicaid Managed Care: A Cause For Concern

Michael Monson and Melanie Bella

State Spotlight: The Use Of Provider-Based Reference Pricing In Oklahoma And South Carolina

Sabrina Corlette and Karen Davenport

The Lingering Legacy Of Thimerosal

Spreeha Choudhury and Richard Hughes IV

Future Of Accountable Care: Lessons Learned And Potential Paths Forward During A Time Of Transition

Robert S. Saunders et al.

We Need More Robust Post-Market Surveillance For Health Care AI

Sammer Marzouk et al.

Health Affairs Reads: How A Public Health Prescription Could Help Curb The Gun Violence Epidemic

Joshua Horwitz

Paige Nong Tracks the Use Of AI & Predictive Models In US Hospitals

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews Paige Nong of the University of Minnesota about her recent paper that evaluates and explores the current use of artificial intelligence and predictive models in US hospitals.

Biden's Final Food and Health Policies

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Ellen Bayer to the program to examine the US Food & Drug Administration's most recent work on food and nutrition policy, as well as what was done in the final days of the Biden administration and where things stand today.

This month, Health Affairs Forefront welcomed back Katie Keith of Georgetown Law to kickoff a new series entitled Health Policy At A Crossroads.

Articles in this series will offer timely analysis of prominent regulatory, legislative, and judicial developments in health policy under the Trump-Vance Administration and the 119th Congress.

This week, Health Affairs Forefront kicked off their new series, "The Future of Sickle Cell Disease and Research," with support from The American Society of Hematology.