The editorial policy of the Health Care Financing Review is comparable to that of other professional journals. The Executive and Associate Editors decide which of the submitted articles are relevant to the health care financing field in general and to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in particular. Review readership is encouraged to submit appropriate manuscripts for consideration.
A panel of peers with expertise in the subject addressed reviews articles of interest in terms of substance, originality, validity, clarity, significance, and for policy implications and/or policy relevancy (except Highlights, which are not peer reviewed). Their comments are transmitted to the authors. Authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication are asked to make revisions based on these critiques.
The Editor-in-Chief has overall responsibility for publication management, editorial review, and production of the Review, and the editorial staff work with authors on preparing their articles for publication.
The Review is published on a quarterly basis; each issue represents a balance between contributors from inside and outside the government. Some selective scheduling is necessary because more articles are usually accepted in each quarter than can be published in any given issue. However, we will publish all articles of interest that are accepted through the peer review process as space is available.