Michael E. Chernew, PhD

Formularies of the future should use evidence-produced CER to better target, not limit, diabetes care.

Competitive bidding characterizes market-based proposals to control Medicare spending, but in this first empirical study of bidding in Medicare, we find that competition is lacking.

Recognizing shared features of 2 Medicare payment reform strategies, premium support and global payment, may help us focus on, and resolve, the differences.

Authors from The Brookings Institution update their recommendations by focusing on 3 concrete objectives to slow spending and improve quality of care within the next 5 years.

Traditional Medicare and the large-firm commercial sector have a positive correlation in hospital utilization, but a lack of correlation in spending.

A group of experts who have spent their careers studying the healthcare system have convened to identify a path for sustainable reform in healthcare cost growth.

In this commentary, our Co-Editors-in-Chief advocate valuebased principles that align incentives to encourage use of high value services as an important tool in healthcare reform.

Value-based insurance design may reduce the adverse consequences of cost sharing, as well as support quality improvement initiatives.