A class-action lawsuit was filed against Cigna for allegedly wrongfully rejecting thousands of claims using an algorithm; Black women still have a fetal mortality rate double the national average despite declining from that of recent years; the CDC is investigating the source of ground beef causing a multistate salmonella outbreak.
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Dr Judite Blanc Discusses Digging Deeper, Getting to the Root of Sleep Health
July 21st 2023Judite Blanc, PhD, is lead author on the abstract, “Social Determinants of Sleep Disorders Among Multiethnic Americans in the NIH All of Us Research Program,” which was presented on June 5th at the SLEEP 2023 conference.
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Insurers supervising the health care of Medicaid patients repeatedly reject providers’ approval of care; individuals are more likely to develop dementia if they live in disadvantaged neighborhoods; a type of an immunity gene is found in people who test positive for COVID-19 but don’t develop symptoms.
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Not Just a Hair Cut; An Initiative
July 18th 2023On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we talk with 2 individuals who were essential in the creation and implementation of the Health Access Initiative for Recovery (Our HAIR), launched by Community Care Behavioral Health Organization of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The FDA has approved the first over the counter (OTC) birth control pill Thursday; the US Chamber of Commerce has filed a motion for preliminary injunction on the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation program; individuals living in historically redlined areas are likely to have worse heart health.
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Frequent Smokers Ambivalent About Quitting May Be More Receptive to Tailored Interventions
July 11th 2023This small study showed that individuals who used an app designed specifically for smokers ambivalent about quitting used the app more often and exhibited greater changes in behavior compared with those using a similar nontailored app.
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Age, Race, and Ethnicity Representation Disparities Found in Patients Participating in aRCC Research
July 3rd 2023Researchers discovered age, race, and ethnicity representation disparities in patients taking part in research on advanced renal cell carcinoma (aRCC), further exemplifying how certain groups are underrepresented in clinical studies.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mortality Persist in Many US States
July 3rd 2023Maternal mortality remains "unacceptably" high across all racial and ethnic groups in the US, but disproportionately affects American Indian and Alaska Native and Black individuals, according to a new study.
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Dr Robert Dellavalle Discusses the Importance of Diversity in Clinical Trials
July 2nd 2023Unless all populations are represented adequately in trials, it will be hard to know if a drug works the same in all populations as it does in one specific one, explained Robert Dellavalle, MD, PhD, MSPH, of University of Colorado School of Medicine and Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center.
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Medicare will negotiate drug prices directly with companies; medical leaders react to the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action; the European Commission (EC) announces deals with Pfizer and select European companies to reserve space to manufacture vaccines for future health emergencies.
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Race-Neutral Testing Could Reduce Bias in Lung Transplant Allocation, Study Suggests
June 29th 2023Interpreting spirometry with race-specific reference equations led to a lower Lung Allocation Score (LAS) for Black patients and higher LAS among White patients, which could potentially contribute to racially biased allocation of lung transplants.
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