Amol S. Navathe, MD, PhD

In this analysis of more than 97 million commercially insured individuals, investigators found that the COVID-19 pandemic induced a spending shock in 2020 and that health care spending did not recover to baseline until mid-2021.

A national survey demonstrated differences in organizational capacity between hospitals participating in Medicare bundled payment programs and those coparticipating in both Medicare and commercial bundled payment programs.

Outpatient care for dual-eligible beneficiaries is concentrated among a small group of physicians, and these beneficiaries receive less subspecialty care despite having more chronic conditions.

A national survey of physicians elicits beliefs regarding how the Merit-based Incentive Payment System domains drive value.

This study, which provides the first description of episode spending patterns for safety-net hospitals nationwide, demonstrates that episode spending does not vary by safety-net status.

Sociobehavioral phenotypes are actionable risk profiles based on empirically derived social, economic, and behavioral factors that, if applied appropriately, can help healthcare organizations address social determinants of health.

This study demonstrates that variation reduction is an important, but not requisite, component of organizational success under orthopedic bundled payment.

Allowing the appropriateness of services to play a more meaningful role in the design of physician and patient incentives may improve the value of care.

This article details strategies based on principles from psychology and economics that health systems may use to align with physicians.

Health information technology and a robust data infrastructure are essential for advances for comparative effectiveness research.