Jared Perkins

Sep 18, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Christopher Whaley |Jared Perkins

From 2021 to 2022, Medicare spending increased by 5.9 percent, to $944 billion in 2022, reaching 21 percent of total National Health Expenditures. Increased Medicare spending has raised concerns about the financial sustainability of the Medicare program. As health care spending has increased over the last decade, bipartisan momentum to address health care costs has emerged.

Sep 9, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Yashaswini Singh |Christopher Whaley |Jared Perkins

On March 5, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, and the Department of Health and Human Services launched a cross-government request for information (RFI) into private equity and other corporations’ increasing control over health care. The three agencies accepted comments through June 5 as they sought additional information on how health care consolidation is affecting markets.

Aug 12, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Andrew Ryan |Jared Perkins |David Meyers

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure patient-centered, cost-efficient care under the umbrella of accountable care. Additional articles will be published throughout 2024. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.

Mar 20, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | David Meyers |Andrew Ryan |Jared Perkins

On January 31, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Advance Notice for Methodological Changes for Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates and Payment Policies (the Advance Notice). The agency accepted comments on the Advance Notice through March 1, 2024, and will publish the final rate announcement by April 3, 2024. This annual regulatory process presents a key vantage on CMS’s priorities for improving the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.

Mar 18, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Christopher Whaley |Jared Perkins |Ge Bai

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 prices in the private-sector markets and their contribution to overall spending therein. Additional articles will be published throughout 2024. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.