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This week, we released our February 2026 issue focusing on health spending, physician practice, and more.

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February 2026 | Health Spending, Physician Practice & More

H E A L T H   S P E N D I N G

Bundled Payments For Care Improvement Advanced: Effects On Hospital And CMS Spending, 2018–21

Andrew M. Ryan et al.

P H Y S I C I A N   P R A C T I C E

‘Ghost’ Physicians: More Than One-Quarter Of Physicians Enrolled In Medicaid Delivered No Care To Beneficiaries In 2021

Jane M. Zhu et al.

Changes In Primary Care Physicians’ Electronic Health Record Patterns After They Reduced Clinical Visit Volume

Gabe G. Weinreb et al.

Prescription Real-Time Benefit Tools: Clinicians Receive Frequent Alerts Yet Rarely Accept The Suggested Changes

Ishani Ganguli et al.

Health Affairs This Week: Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reforms Are (Finally) Afoot

A Health Podyssey: Will AI Fix Health Care? Robert Wachter Weighs In

Check out the video for this week's A Health Podyssey on our YouTube page.

2/17:  The FDA and Its Changing Relationship to Industry

2/25: What Excites Insiders About Health Care in 2026?

Analyzing The Drugs Selected For The 2028 Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Cycle

Kristi Martin and Rachel Sachs

part of our Health Policy At A Crossroads series

AI Equity Mandates Versus Unequal AI Capacity

Aayush Sisodia

Experts Mixed On How Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing Would Affect Prices, Access, And Innovation

Pragya Kakani et al.

Ensuring Coverage Continuity Under H.R.1: The Importance Of Medicaid-Marketplace Coordination

Patricia Boozang et al.

The Coming Clinical Correction: Why Health Care Needs Its AI Bubble To Burst

Maxim Topaz et al.

A New Commons In US Health Care

Thom Walsh

Spreading The Principles Of Palliative Care To All Corners

Jessica Nutik Zitter

Moving Beyond Time-Based Metrics For Emergency Department Boarding

Nicholas W. Rizer and Kyle Fischer

Federal Records Policies Undermine Care In The Indian Health Service

Brigg Reilley