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Today's Featured Articles

Interventions To Automate Medicaid Renewals Reduce Procedural Denials And Increase Coverage

Pamela Herd et al.

Designing And Evaluating Prescription Drug Models: Lessons From The Part D Senior Savings Model

Dmitry Khodyakov et al.

More on Medicaid Eligibility

Growth Of Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans Among Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries, 2011–24

Rebekah I. Stein et al. (March 2025)

Bolstering Social Connection Among Dual-Eligible Individuals

Thomas K.M. Cudjoe and Kelsey McNamara (October 2024)

Enrollment And Characteristics Of Dual-Eligible Medicare And Medicaid Beneficiaries In Integrated Care Programs

David E. Velasquez et al. (May 2023)

CMS Drug Price Negotiation Guidance Updates with Rachel Sachs

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Rachel Sachs from Washington University in St. Louis and Deputy Editor Chris Fleming back to the pod to discuss CMS' final guidance for the latest round of the Medicare drug price negotiation program.

Purchasing Power Under Pressure: Employers' and Unions' Perspectives on Rising Health Care Prices and the Role of Middlemen

Speakers include: 

• Patrick Pine, Robert F. Kennedy Medical Plan, Juan De La Cruz Pension Plan (retired)
• Andrea Caballero, Catalyst for Payment Reform
• Katie Gudiksen, UC Law in San Francisco