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AHIP president and CEO Matthew Eyles will step down later this year; the House Energy and Commerce Committee moved a series of health care measures concerning pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs); US debt default could stop FDA drug and device reviews, said FDA chief.

The FDA approved Celltrion Healthcare’s Yuflyma (adalimumab-aaty), which is a high-concentration, citrate-free formulation.

Patients with psoriasis taking methotrexate are nearly 3 times as likely to develop non-melanoma skin cancer than patients not taking the treatment.

Milena Pavlova, MD, neurologist, and medical director of the sleep testing center at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner hospital, says that since sleep disorders are common, it’s important to consider that sleep can be a separate symptom from epilepsy.

Although lack of routine testing and limitations to current diagnostic testing likely lead to underreporting of respiratory syncytial virus, RSV still poses a substantial economic burden.

A review of 24 meta-analyses supported the need for additional monitoring of patients with diabetes and COVID-19, especially if they have comorbidities associated with diabetes.

At the 2023 Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, panelists described the ways their organizations are promoting access to primary care in hopes that it can be part of the progress toward achieving the Quadruple Aim of lower costs, better outcomes, patient satisfaction, and clinician experience.

A range of posters presented at the 2023 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference highlighted a plethora of risk factors for pulmonary conditions in adulthood outside of tobacco smoking history.

A symposium at the 2023 American Thoracic Society International Conference highlighted common comorbidities that warrant consideration in patients who present with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Kicking off the 2023 Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health annual conference, Mark Fendrick, MD, of the University of Michigan, delivered a keynote exhorting the audience of employers and payers to implement the principles of value-based insurance design (VBID) in order to improve individual and population health and drive toward equity.

Blue Cross Blue Shield in Massachusetts sets agreement with Tufts Medicine using equity benchmarks; drug prices covered by Medicaid to undergo yearly audit; South Carolina abortion ban headed to governor as Planned Parenthood announces national staff cutbacks to shift resources to the states.

Of the studies, 47% did not directly ask patients about financial difficulties associated with their cancer.

Although acne and rosacea treatment are widely covered, treatment for other types of skin conditions are not covered at all, a new report shows.

Patients who have pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) often do not feel better after treatment, even if they meet clinical endpoints for improvement.

The effect of education on survival outcomes was evaluated both overall and as it related to cardiovascular disease (CVD).

A CDC report emphasized the need for increased investments, innovation, and focus on equity in order to end the HIV epidemic.

About 69% of pediatric patients had discontinued amblyopia therapy during COVID-19 even as their parents reported that adherence was good.

Chitra Lal, MD, D-ABSM, FCCP, FAASM, FACP, ATSF, professor of medicine at Medical University of South Carolina, talks about how there might be a link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and Alzheimer disease (AD), and that treating sleep apnea early and aggressively may help prevent AD development.

A symposium at the 2023 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference featured research on predictors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) occurrence and disease progression.

Jeff Hunnicutt, CEO of Highlands Oncology Group, discusses the difference between business intelligence and artificial intelligence (AI), including process implementation and data compilation.

Surgeon General warns of social media’s harm; additional women in Texas cite health risks from abortion bans; White House supports bill against fentanyl trafficking.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we feature several leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion advancing health equity in their respective organization’s policy and practice initiatives.

Posters presented at the 2023 American Thoracic Society International Conference called for improvements in care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pulmonary hypertension.

Gerard Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP, professor and founding chair, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, discusses a new trial that investigated how long treatment would last for patients with emphysema, and if any complications arose.

The majority of respondents living with generalized myasthenia gravis (MG) were not working, the results showed.

Debra Boyer, MD, pediatric pulmonologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and co-chair of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference Committee, says that more needs be done for children who have respiratory diseases to improve their adult health outcomes.

At the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) 2023 Annual Meeting, the strategy advancement lead at Humana talked more about Humana’s health equity strategy and areas that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and health plans can influence.

Mitzi Joi Williams, MD, FAAN, medical director and CEO, Joi Life Wellness Neurology Clinic, addresses several reasons that have potential to delay a correct multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis in minority patient populations, including social determinants of health.