That is the title of my latest Perspectives from the Healthcare Economist article published in The Evidence Base this week. Here is the teaser: In this guest column, healthcare economist Jason Shafrin (FTI Consulting and Mann School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California) explores a widening divide over how health systems define value, and what that means…
Mientras las autoridades migratorias llevan a cabo lo que el presidente Donald Trump ha prometido que será la mayor operación de deportación masiva en la historia de Estados Unidos, varios estados están aprobando leyes para evitar que los niños de padres detenidos, sin otros familiares o amigos, entren al sistema de cuidado temporal. El gobierno…
Cuando los subsidios federales mejorados expiraron a fines de 2025, muchas personas que compraban su propio seguro de salud en los mercados estatales y federales vieron aumentar sus primas mensuales. Para reducir costos, muchos cambiaron a planes de salud con deducibles altos. Estos planes ofrecen pagos mensuales más bajos, pero los pacientes pueden enfrentar gastos…
El accidente ocurrió en Pittsburgh el 16 de noviembre. Joseph Masterson, un abogado que estaba a pocos días de jubilarse a los 63 años, sufrió un paro cardíaco mientras conducía: chocó contra una barrera de contención y perdió el conocimiento. Otros conductores se detuvieron, rompieron la ventana del auto y lo llevaron a un lugar…
Katie Crouch dice que llamar a la agencia de Medicaid de su estado para obtener información sobre sus beneficios parece un callejón sin salida. “La primera vez, el teléfono suena sin parar. La siguiente, te manda al buzón de voz y se corta la llamada”, dijo la mujer de 48 años, que vive en Delaware….
As immigration authorities carry out what President Donald Trump has promised will be the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, several states are passing laws to keep children out of foster care when their detained parents have no family or friends available to take temporary custody of them. The federal government doesn’t track how…
New Orleans plans to revamp the commission that oversees city parks and playgrounds and is seeking $5 million in federal aid after an investigation published by Verite News and KFF Health News found high levels of lead contamination in playgrounds throughout the city. Mayor Helena Moreno signed an executive order on April 7 that creates…
Cody Simmons is the CEO of DermaSensor. I met him when he won the Digital Health Hub Foundation award for diagnostic tools last year. DermaSensor is a device designed to detect early skin cancer using Spectroscopy. Right now only 8% of those with potential skin cancer get the recommended screening. It’s another area where technology…
Proportion of days covered (PDC) is the most widely endorsed measure of medication adherence. For instance, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) uses PDC as its preferred adherence measure for its Quality Rating System for many chronic conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia). However, your PDC measure may be flawed depending on what…
An elementary school teacher chose a low-price health insurance plan but soon realized she wasn’t clear about what it would mean for her family’s finances. “Once I got the insurance card, I compared our old plan to our new plan, and that’s when I really got worried, because I didn’t really understand what a deductible…