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A report by the Harvard Business Review found a significant gap between employee needs and employer benefit offerings for treatment of physical and emotional pain, with a holistic approach associated with savings of 50% on medical claims for back and joint care.

Moderna announces upcoming trial of a vaccine candidate against flu; April 11-17 marks Black Maternal Health Week; the European Commission will not renew COVID-19 vaccine contracts with Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca when they expire next year.

Higher oxygen saturation targets are linked with greater progression in some cases of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), but the incidence remains stable.

PIE, or a preapproval information exchange, is aimed at streamlining payer and health plan involvement so that it happens at the same time a drug developer submits an application to the FDA, instead of after a drug is approved, with the intent of speeding patient access to therapies.

Results of a questionnaire-based study show higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with worse migraine symptoms and comorbidities.

Neglecting public health in state budgets for more than 10 years created an environment that was ill-suited to deal with the challenges of COVID-19 as well as other issues. On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with one of the authors of a recent paper that examined state funding trends from 2008 to 2018 and discuss what could be done in the future to avoid past mistakes.

A prospective bicentric cohort study among individuals with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) showed that 32% developed at least 1 skin-related adverse reaction following cladribine administration.

Christina Polomoff, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, discusses the differences between manufacturer coupons and cash cards and how they financially affect health plans and pharmacies.

A better understanding of the genetic etiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension and its molecular variants is needed to develop better therapies for the disease, which has no agents available that can reverse or halt it.

A new study finds no link between the UK COVID-19 variant and more severe disease; study finds more than 1 in 10 US children with COVID-19 hospitalized; therapy setbacks in Huntington disease.

Jonathan Silverberg, MD, PhD, MPH, is an author of the poster, “Efficacy of Ruxolitinib Cream Among Patients With Atopic Dermatitis Based on Previous Medication History: Pooled Results From Two Phase 3 Studies,” which will be presented at this year’s American Academy of Dermatology Virtual Meeting Experience (AAD VMX).

Previous studies have investigated the association between hot flashes and immune system activation among women with HIV, but this is the first study to investigate an additional link to adverse subclinical cardiac pathology.

Several barriers continue to impede the transition to value-based payment, particularly administrative and clinical data connectivity, transparency of quality metrics and quality measures, and prioritization of social determinants of health.

Deficiencies in immunoglobulin levels frequently coexist with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in pediatric patients according to new study results.

Hospital reimbursement deals slow the adoption of biosimilars in oncology, but cost concerns contribute to the incentives to use these agents.

Nicola Hanania, MD, MS, explains how some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face challenges when it comes to affording treatment for the disease.

Results from a questionnaire-based study indicated an association between a history of abuse and increased sensory hypersensitivity symptoms among migraineurs.

Adverse reactions to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine cause some states to pause distribution; the Biden administration proposes creation of a $6.5 billion medical research agency aiming to cure cancer and other diseases; Pfizer/BioNTech seeks expansion of its COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization in adolescents.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Russell Langan, MD, chief of Surgical Oncology and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery at Saint Barnabas Medical Center discusses the workflow of a cloud-based data management platform for patients with pancreatic cysts.

The device, which highlights for gastroenterologists regions of the colon that have visual characteristics consistent with possible cancerous abnormalities, is already in use in Europe.

A high proportion of Marshallese, or Marshall Islanders, living on the mainland Unites States, have undiagnosed hypertension and type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to findings that will be used to address disparities in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations.

The risk for patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance developing multiple myeloma is double if they have a specific category of rheumatic diseases compared with those without the diseases.

According to the researchers, the study is the first to describe a relationship between these factors and the development of atopic dermatitis (AD) in infants using multiomics.

The findings illustrate the importance of prioritizing COVID-19 vaccinations for patients on dialysis.

Researchers found that people with Parkinson disease have 53% lower step length synergy while crossing obstacles than those without the condition, potentially providing a target approach to address fall risk in patients.

Given the high prevalence of Kawasaki disease during the pandemic, Japanese investigators determined that droplet or contact transmission of pathogens is likely not a major route causing the development of the disease.

The study identifies the tumor-suppressing protein p53 as a working partner of “speckles,” nuclear structures that contain proteins and RNA involved in gene expression.