Policy

December 2nd 2025

A new study shows fee-for-service care is linked to higher odds of low-value surgery, suggesting salaried models may reduce unnecessary procedures.

December 2nd 2025

This commentary proposes a hybrid drug pricing reform model balancing most favored nation (MFN) benchmarking with domestic negotiation strategies that drive equity-focused valuation frameworks.

December 2nd 2025

New research shows immigrant children face higher odds of unmet medical needs as federal and state coverage rules narrow.

December 2nd 2025

To mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), each issue in 2025 includes a special feature: reflections from a thought leader on what has changed—and what has not—over the past 3 decades and what’s next for managed care. The December issue features a conversation with AJMC Co–Editors in Chief A. Mark Fendrick, MD, director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design and a professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; and Michael E. Chernew, PhD, the Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy and the director of the Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.