AJMC to Host 1st ACO Coalition Event to Focus On Improving Care Management
May 13th 2014The American Journal of Managed Care will host the first gathering of its ACO and Emerging Healthcare Delivery Coalition this week in Baltimore, Md. The ACO Coalition aims to share best practices for setting up successful ACOs.
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Two leading academic rheumatologists who took part in a live discussion with A. Mark Fendrick, MD, co-editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Managed Care, agreed that getting an accurate early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is key to getting the patient started on disease modifying therapy. Today's goal, they said, is remission of the disease, not just managing symptoms.
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Affordable Drug Choices More Limited in Medicare, Study Finds
April 29th 2014The American Journal of Managed Care publishes a first-of-its-kind study comparing different types of health insurance plans and different levels of co-payment, to see how varieties of coverage affect access to therapeutic drug classes.
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Fauci, Leading AIDS Researchers Discuss Vaccine Prospects in AJMC's Latest 'Evidence-Based' Title
April 23rd 2014Evidence-Based Immunology and Infectious Disease, the fourth title in the news series from The American Journal of Managed Care, launches with an issue that features interviews with leading AIDS researchers, a discussion of the challenges of paying for breakthrough therapies for hepatitis C, and new information on causes and treatments for rheumatoid arthritis.
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Meet GenBank, the Tool that lets Scientists Unlock the Secrets Within the Data
April 23rd 2014What is the most important research tool in biology paid for by taxpayers that they don't know exists? It might be GenBank, the open-access database maintained by the National Institutes of Health, which allows scientists to dramatically reduce the time it takes to find druggable targets and identify genes in the evolution of personalized medicine.
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AJMC: Adler-Milstein to Serve as Guest Editor of Annual HIT Issue
April 14th 2014Julia Adler-Milstein, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan who has published extensively on the adoption of health information technology (HIT), will serve as guest editor for the annual issue of The American Journal of Managed Care devoted to HIT. The issue will publish in September 2014.
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Ironman triathlete Jay Hewitt will speak tomorrow at the evening reception of Patient-Centered Diabetes Care: Putting Theory into Practice, which is bringing leaders in diabetes healthcare delivery to the Princeton Marriott at Forrestal. On Friday, Dr. Robert Gabbay, chief medical officer of the Joslin Diabetes Center, will offer a keynote address.
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AJMC Study: Patient-Centered Medical Homes Cut Costs in Care of Chronically Ill
March 24th 2014Use of a patient-centered medical home model to care for those with chronic illness reduced costs and trimmed utilization for high-risk patients, according to a three-year study published today in The American Journal of Managed Care
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AJAC to be Media Sponsor for Landmark ACO Event
March 24th 2014The American Journal of Accountable Care will be the media sponsor for a seminar set for March 27-28, 2014, at Innisbrook Golf and Spa Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla., sponsored by TripleAim ACO Consulting Group. TripleAim's mission for the event is to share how the 29 ACOs that experienced shared savings of $126 million in 2012 accomplished the task, and to guide newer ACOs to success.
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Are Oncology Clinical Pathways Coming to Medicare?
February 14th 2014Oncology clinical pathways have helped health plans deliver quality care while keeping an eye on costs. The lack of standardization in pathways can be cumbersome on a busy oncology practice. If Medicare adopts a pathways model, it could offer a framework for broader use.
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Compared to Mammograms, Expert Sees Lack of Awareness to Screen for Lung Cancer
January 29th 2014Breast cancer has the pink ribbon to promote mammograms. Colonoscopies saw a surge from the "Katie Couric effect" after the Today Show host had an an on-air exam following her husband's untimely death. But despite a USPSTF recommendation for lung cancer screenings for heavy smokers, there's a lack of awareness around the test, according to an expert who took part in a panel convened by The American Journal of Managed Care.
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AJMC Study: Among Diabetics, More Weight Equals Less Optimal Blood Pressure, A1C Levels
January 24th 2014A large-scale study by Kaiser Permanente Southern California, published by AJMC, found that the more overweight the diabetic, the less controlled the patient's blood pressure and A1C level.
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As NYC's Big Soda Ban Awaits de Blasio, Science Firmly on the Side of Smaller Portions
December 23rd 2013This month's edition of Evidence-Based Diabetes Management, a news source of The American Journal of Managed Care, examines the science behind Mayor Michael Bloomberg's pursuit of soda portion limits, as well as alternatives for curtailing consumption to fight obesity. Soon after Mayor-elect de Blasio takes office, he must decide how to achieve Bloomberg's goal, including whether to continue litigation before the New York State Court of Appeals.
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Healthcare's New Bottom Line: Experts Weigh In On Moving ACOs From Theory To Practice
December 18th 2013Moving healthcare reimbursement from fee-for-service to a system that rewards quality care is easier said than done, but tools are emerging to help the cause. Three expert commentators featured in the inaugural issue of The American Journal of Accountable Care examined the challenges providers face, as they are being ask to share risk under new contracts with accountable care organizations, or ACOs.
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Florida Healthcare Collaborative Offers Road Map For Creating Partnerships to Contain Costs
December 17th 2013PLAINSBORO, N.J. From leveraging their joint buying power to better deployment of a hard-to-find pediatric liver transplant surgeon, two large healthcare systems in Florida are seeing the benefits of sharing resources on a bigger scale, according to Kavita Patel, MD, of the Brookings Institution, and her co-authors who write in the inaugural issue of The American Journal of Accountable Care.
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Your Forum for Tracking the Changing Healthcare Landscape: The American Journal of Accountable Care
December 16th 2013The publisher of The American Journal of Managed Care is proud to introduce a new publication devoted to covering the nation's transition from fee-for-service to payment for quality: The American Journal of Accountable Care, reaching more than 40,000 healthcare professionals four times a year, is a stakeholder-driven publication from the publisher that has brought you the best peer-reviewed research on managed care over the past 20 years.
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