Dear John,

Today, we announced that our executive editor Don Metz will be serving as the interim Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs.

Going forward, Don will continue to manage the organization’s daily operations, support its full-time staff, and plan for the future.

He will also help guide the organization’s senior leadership team in prioritizing the search for a permanent Editor-in-Chief.

Today's Featured Articles

Increases In Physician Professional Fees In Private Equity–Owned Gastroenterology Practices

Yashaswini Singh et al.

LIVE! with Yashaswini Singh

Join us for a live taping of A Health Podyssey on March 12 at 12pm ET as Rob Lott chats with Yashaswini Singh about her upcoming paper in the March 2025 edition of Health Affairs and takes questions from a live audience.

Commercial Health Insurance: Spiraling Costs And Growing Dissatisfaction

Richard F. Averill and Michael J. Kalison

part of our Provider Prices In The Commercial Sector series

More on Private Equity

Protecting Patients And Society In An Era Of Private Equity Provider Ownership: Challenges And Opportunities For Policy

Christopher Cai and Zirui Song (May 2024)

Tame The Private Equity Beast By Shifting Its Focus To Value-Based Care

Ken Terry (May 2024)

Private Equity–Acquired Physician Practices And Market Penetration Increased Substantially, 2012–21

Ola Abdelhadi et al. (March 2024)

J. Michael McWilliams on the Effects of Patient Survey Data on Risk Adjustment

Health Affairs' Senior Deputy Editor Rob Lott interviews J. Michael McWilliams of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital on his recent paper that explores opportunities for the use of patient health survey data for risk adjustment to limit distortionary coding incentives in Medicare.

LIVE! with Yashaswini Singh

Join us for a live taping of A Health Podyssey on March 12 at 12pm ET as Rob Lott chats with Yashaswini Singh about her upcoming paper in the March 2025 edition of Health Affairs and takes questions from a live audience.

Celebrating Black History Month

This Black History Month, we're highlighting influential Black voices and organizations who have made an impact on health equity and policy.

In a January 2025 health policy brief, Derek Griffith and Andrew Twinamatsiko provide recommendations for policy makers seeking to counter the laws and policies hindering the discussion and acknowledgment of so-called "divisive concepts."