AI Device Firms Pay $60M to U.S. Doctors, Raising Oversight Concerns
In a First-of-Its-Kind Analysis, Researchers Track Industry Payments Tied to AI Medical Devices and Call for Stronger FDA Oversight, Transparency, and Aid for Underserved Hospitals
Research & Policy Updates
When Insurers Acquire Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Medicare Members Could Pay More
Health Insurer Acquisition of PBMs — the Prescription Drug Middlemen — Raised Premiums for Some Part D Beneficiaries
Linda Aiken to Receive ANA President’s Award
LDI Senior Fellow Honored for International Research Achievements
Rural Health Funds May Not Reach Hardest-Hit States, Study Finds
First Rural Health Grants May Not Go to Areas With the Greatest Needs, LDI Experts Find
How to Lower Maternal and Child Deaths Across the World? Give Low-Income Families Cash.
Research Brief: Cash Transfer Programs Improve Birth, Nutrition, and Early Childhood Health Outcomes
Medicaid Reviews May Disenroll Vulnerable Dual Eligibles
Chart of the Day: Researchers Urge Easier Renewals and Better Support To Prevent Gaps in Care
New Study Reveals Death Rates During SSDI’s 24-Month Wait for Medicare
While They Wait for Medicare, People Approved for Social Security Disability Die at Higher Rates Compared to the General Public
Staffing Mandates Boost Care Without Closing Nursing Homes
New Evidence Undercuts Industry Warnings and Supports the Case To Restore Federal Minimum Staffing Standards
Hospital Mergers Push Moms on Medicaid Farther for Care
Mergers Change Where Low-Income Women Give Birth—Prompting Calls for Regulators to Weigh Effects on Vulnerable Patients and Safety-Net Systems
What Makes Cash Transfer Programs Work?
LDI Experts Point to Four Conditions Grounded in Global Evidence
Your Emergency Surgery May Rely on Which Surgeon Is On Call
Clinical Reasoning May Lead Two Surgeons to Prescribe Different Treatments to Similar Patients
Paying for Healthy Choices
Evidence From More Than 600 Studies Reveals When Financial Incentives Move the Needle—And When They Don’t