This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

Objective: To examine whether it matters, in terms of quality improvement initiatives and access to commercial networks, whether states contract with Medicaid-dominant or commercial managed care plans ...

The inaugural J.D. Power 2017 Managed Medicaid Special report found Medicaid recipients are more satisfied with their coverage than traditional, commercial health plan members. The report surveyed ...

Preventative care and wellness have become the watchwords for controlling costs in healthcare as insurers promote these services to help prevent more complicated and expensive treatment. It should ...

Medicaid insurers adoption of commercial practices, such as paying broker commissions, engaging in more marketing and slowly increasing provider payments, positions them as an increasingly competitive ...

People with chronic conditions or mental health issues enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans have better clinical experiences than people without health insurance and in some cases better than those ...

As states increasingly turn to private insurers to help them manage Medicaid beneficiaries, a recent report offers encouraging news: Customer satisfaction is higher among Medicaid managed care ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Michigan's 14 Medicaid HMOs are bracing for a 2.4 percent ...

Adults are four times as likely, and children at least two-times more likely, to receive certain preventative care services. Susan Morse, Executive Editor Healthcare lease accounting insights: How two ...