Mary Caffrey is the Executive Editor for The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®). She joined AJMC® in 2013 and is the primary staff editor for Evidence-Based Oncology, the multistakeholder publication that reaches 22,000+ oncology providers, policy makers and formulary decision makers. She is also part of the team that oversees speaker recruitment and panel preparations for AJMC®'s premier annual oncology meeting, Patient-Centered Oncology Care®. For more than a decade, Mary has covered ASCO, ASH, ACC and other leading scientific meetings for AJMC readers.
Mary has a BA in communications and philosophy from Loyola University New Orleans. You can connect with Mary on LinkedIn.
Reports of Coverage Snags Emerge Among Iowa Medicaid Managed Care Clients
Early reports to the state's largest newspaper resemble tales from the days of Medicaid transitions in other states. While managed care may be better for accountability measures over the long haul, in state after state, large-scale transitions prove difficult.
Phase 3 Trial Results Raise Hopes That Islet Transplants Could Soon Treat Type 1 Diabetes
The results, published in Diabetes Care, move the hope of pancreatic cell islet transplants close to commercialization, which would bring the technique to more patients who cannot produce their own insulin.
Analysis Finds Steep Rise in Healthcare Cost-Sharing Over Past Decade
The rise in employee cost-sharing for healthcare predates Obamacare but has taken off since the law passed in 2010. Higher deductibles have been accompanied by stagnant wages, ensuring that the higher payments are deeply felt.
Tennessee Legislators Make Next Move to Deny Mental Health Care to LGBT Patients
The effort to allow counselors to deny mental health services comes a week after Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed a law to let counselors escape similar liability and let physicians deny transgender patients access to gender reassignment care.
Overcoming Stigma Essential to Improving Payer Coverage for Obesity
While payer coverage for obesity care has improved since the American Medical Association declared that obesity is a disease, there's still a long way to go. Physician training must improve to eliminate stigma that keeps patients from getting care they need, according to experts who appeared at Patient-Centered Diabetes Care.
Filling Gaps in Diabetes Care With the Retail Clinic
Growth in retail health clinics reveals unmet medical needs for Americans who lack insurance, who cannot leave work, or who have disconnected with the health system. This growing sector of the health system is diagnosing and treating diabetes cases that would otherwise be missed.