Dear John,

ICYMI, Zirui Song of Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital appeared on A Health Podyssey to discuss his recent paper that explores how private equity acquisition impacts hospital costs and utilization and what variations were seen throughout 2005–19.

 Volume 3, Issue 2 of Health Affairs Scholar 

Health Affairs Scholar is pleased to announce that it will be publishing a paper series with the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER): “Insights from ICER: Drug Policy and Beyond”.  

ICER is an independent non-profit research organization that evaluates the evidence on the clinical and economic value of prescription drugs, medical tests, devices, and health system delivery innovations.

ICER’s work is widely disseminated and influential in policy decisions. The series will begin publishing later this year.

Volume 3, Issue 2 of Health Affairs Scholar explores Medicaid coverage in the postpartum period, the connection between income and well-being, sustainable approaches to antimicrobial resistance, health technology regulation, and more. 

R E S E A R C H   A R T I C L E S

Medicaid-covered health care visits during the postpartum year: Variation by enrollee characteristics and state 

Laura Barrie Smith et al.

What explains the growth in hospital assets from 2000 through 2019? A decomposition analysis

Stephanie Teeple et al.

Relation of income to trends in well-being by age: implications for the future older “forgotten” lower middle class

David H Rehkopf et al.

Understanding health care price variation: evidence from Transparency-in-Coverage data

Christopher Whaley et al.

P O L I C Y   I N Q U I R Y

Sustainable solutions to the continuous threat of antimicrobial resistance

Brad Spellberg et al.

C O M M E N T A R I E S

Increasing competition, improving access, and lowering the cost of naloxone in California

Emily Estus et al.

Artificial intelligence in global health: An unfair future for health in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Audêncio Victor

Leveraging stringency and lifecycle thinking to advance environmental sustainability in health technology regulation

Alexander Cimprich

Published Today

How To Negotiate With Megaproviders And Lower Health Care Prices

Alexander J. Gajewski et al.

LIVE! with Yashaswini Singh

Join us for a live taping of A Health Podyssey on March 12 with Yashaswini Singh about her upcoming paper in the March 2025 edition of Health Affairs. Host Rob Lott and Singh will take questions from the audience as well.
 

This event is free for all.