Health Affairs This Week

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers is joined by Michael Chernew from Harvard Medical School to discuss the recently released National Health Expenditures Projections for 2024–33 from the Office of the Actuary (OACT) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Related Articles: National Health Expenditure Projections, 2024–33: Despite Insurance Coverage Declines, Health To Grow As Share Of GDP CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Katie Keith of Georgetown Law and Deputy Editor Chris Fleming to the pod to discuss Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill and how this will affect Medicaid, Medicare, health savings accounts, rural hospitals, and more. Become an Insider today to get access to our trend reports, events, and exclusive newsletters. Related Links: The 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' Now Law, Does Not Protect Rural Hospitals (Health Affairs Forefront) Rural Health Transformation Program Won’t Shield Hospitals And Other Rural Providers From OBBBA’s Fallout (Health Affairs Forefront) With Budget Reconciliation Bill Enacted, Health Care Changes Loom (Health Affairs Forefront) Congress Should Remove The Rare Disease Carve-Out From Medicare Drug Price Negotiation, Not Expand It (Health Affairs Forefront) Recent Experience Shows National Medicaid Work Requirements Would Create Enormous Administrative Inefficiencies (Health Affairs Forefront)

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Rachel Bonesteel of Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy to the pod to discuss her recent Forefront article focused on how ACO REACH enabled ACOs to participate in an advanced, global-risk, population-based payment model. Related Articles: ACO REACH 2023 Performance Results Indicate A Pathway To Sustainable Accountable Care (Health Affairs Forefront) Opportunities To Enhance Design And Implementation Of ACO REACH’s Core Payment Model Design Elements (Health Affairs Forefront) Enhancing Design And Implementation Of ACO REACH’s Equity-Focused And Beneficiary Engagement Design Elements (Health Affairs Forefront) Future Of Accountable Care: Lessons Learned And Potential Paths Forward During A Time Of Transition (Health Affairs Forefront) Medicare Accountable Care Organizations In 2023: Large Savings With Increasing Value-Based Programmatic Competition (Health Affairs Forefront) Medicare ACOs In 2024: Increased Participation And Evolving Policy Impacts (Health Affairs Forefront)

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Nathan Hostert of The Center for Advancing Health Policy Through Research at Brown University to the pod to discuss a recent Forefront article on how states are utilizing hospital price caps to save money. Become an Insider today to get access to our third trend report focusing on the influence of private equity in health care. Related Articles: How States Are Using Hospital Price Caps To Save Money (Health Affairs Forefront) Hospital Payment Cap Simulator (Brown University) Hospital Facility Prices Declined As A Result Of Oregon’s Hospital Payment Cap (Health Affairs) Hospital Payment Caps Could Save State Employee Health Plans Millions While Keeping Hospital Operating Margins Healthy (Health Affairs) How Massachusetts’s New Health Care Reform Takes Aim at Private Equity (Health Affairs Forefront)