Fixing The Bill: How Better Medicare Cost Reporting Can Slash U.S. Health Care Waste
Hospitals’ Current Cost Reports are Unreliable and Should be Improved, LDI Fellow Finds
Research & Policy Updates
How Medicaid Cuts Could Force Millions Into Nursing Homes
If Federal Support Falls, States May Slash Home- and Community-Based Services — Pushing Vulnerable Americans Into Nursing Homes They Don’t Want or Need
Who Cares? Study Reveals 50 Years of U.S. Caregiving Trends
Men are Stepping Up at Home, but Caregiving Still Falls On Women and People of Color LDI Fellow Says
New Rules for Methadone Doses at Home Did Not Increase Overdoses
More Flexible Methadone Take-Home Policy Improved Patient Autonomy
For-Profit Hospitals Invest Less in Nursing Services
As States Consider Reforms, Study Finds Sharp Disparities in Staffing and Safety Between For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Hospitals
Better Care at Home: Family Plus Formal Help Makes a Difference
Economist Norma Coe’s Caregiving For Relatives Informed Her Research
Parents of Hospitalized Infants Often Neglect Their Own Health Care
A Pilot Study Finds Doulas and Midwives in the NICU Helped Parents Get Needed Care Faster
Chart of the Day: NIH Funding Has Stalled Since 2003
The Inflation-Adjusted NIH Budget is Lower in 2024 Than It Was at Its 2003 Peak
Chart of the Day: Longer Prescriptions Could Equalize All Patients’ Medication Supply
A Simple Change to Clinicians' Prescribing System Reduced Prescription Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, Insurance Type, and Income
Medicare’s New Drug Spending Cap Will Likely Help Few Seniors
Many With High Drug Costs Have Supplemental Coverage and Won’t Reach the $2,000 Out-of-Pocket Cap, a New LDI Study Finds
Chart of the Day: Home Health Care Use Rose Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia Until the Pandemic
The Decline Since 2020 May Signal Gaps in Service and Access
How State Medicaid Choices Eased Children’s Coverage Loss After COVID-19
New Research Shows That Continuous Eligibility and Streamlined CHIP Structures Helped Protect Kids During the “Unwinding”