Effective state oversight of Medicaid managed care entities requires both a range of contractual levers and staff managing and prioritizing what is most important.

Massachusetts must look at how to control hospital costs while maintaining the high-quality care that has long defined our state’s health care system.

That most states have exceeded their cost growth targets is not evidence that the targets have failed—it is evidence that complementary policies are needed to address the cost drivers that the target ...

States are developing proposals for the 2026 and 2027 legislative sessions aimed at reining in excessive hospital prices and price growth.

This post describes ways states can safeguard and promote health equity alongside their efforts to make health care more affordable, particularly for those who bear the greatest burden of high and ris...

As states pursue policies to slow cost growth, they must apply greater scrutiny of vertical integration arrangements—especially around internal financial transactions between affiliated entities.

State cost growth targets—when paired with complementary strategies such as site-neutral payment policies, price growth caps, prescription drug price and pharmacy benefit manager oversight, and delive...

This brief provides an overview of existing state, federal, and private sector hospital efficiency measures; the advantages and limitations of those measures; potential modifications to existing measu...