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Following the Trump Administration’s mandate to cut $2.6 billion in NIH contracts, the Women’s Health Initiative shares HHS will close its regional centers in September.

Emergency departments (ED) struggle to screen for social determinants of health, inhibiting quality care and impacting health disparities among vulnerable populations.

For patients with complex needs and social challenges like unstable housing, the hospital has become their de facto medical home—yet each visit is a fragmented restart, without continuity, context, or a clear path forward.

Researchers are calling for more targeted efforts to improve health equity after a new analysis revealed that cancer symptom documentation and burden vary across certain demographics.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Brady Post, PhD, lead author of a study published in the April 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®, challenges the claim that hospital-employed physicians serve a more complex patient mix.

An analysis of an interdisciplinary care model for managing chronic kidney disease (CKD) shows hospital admissions dropped by 26% and emergency department (ED) visits decreased by 30% after clinic initiation.

This week, the Center on Health Equity & Access covered artificial intelligence, diabetes clinical trials, racial disparities in cancer antigen thresholds, and more.

Despite widespread concern following the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, researchers found no significant changes nationwide in obstetrician and gynecologist (OBGYN) practice locations.

Initiating chronic kidney disease (CKD) screening at age 55 yielded substantial reductions in kidney failure incidence and improvements in life expectancy across all groups.

Health care disparities are often driven by where patients live, explained Antoine Keller, MD, as he discussed the complex, systematic hurdles that influence the health of rural communities.

Black and American Indian women with ovarian cancer were less likely to have elevated cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) levels at diagnosis, resulting in delayed chemotherapy initiation and highlighting the need for more inclusive guidelines.

As drug denials increase, experts discuss the importance of optimizing data to keep up with these changes and implementing artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce the burden on providers and ensure patient access to care and treatment.

Women living with HIV in Canada were found to have worse wellbeing when they had adversities related to social determinants of health (SDOH).

Erin Weber, MS, CAQH, is hopeful that artificial intelligence (AI) will empower people rather than replace them.

A new review finds federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are underutilized in hypertension and type 2 diabetes clinical research, despite their potential to improve trial diversity.

While findings around hospital and emergency department use were similar at the individual and neighborhood levels, the use of outpatient services differed.

While artificial intelligence (AI) use in health care is currently limited to administrative tasks, Erin Weber, MS, explains that expanding its adoption will require greater collaboration, transparency, and trust among stakeholders.

Interventions that target enhancing health care equity among communities disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can be improved by including comprehensive needs assessments at the patient, provider, and health system levels.

From the potential impact of tariffs to the World Health Organization's year-long campaign launch focused on improving maternal and newborn health and addressing preventable deaths, here's the latest from the Center on Health Equity & Access.

New study finds adults with stable housing have slightly better blood sugar and blood pressure levels.

Galen Shearn-Nance, BS, and Johnie Rose, MD, PhD, of Case Western Reserve University, acknowledge key limitations of their study and prioritize areas for further research.

No significant differences in treatment or outcomes were found between most Medicare Advantage (MA) and fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries with breast cancer, but Black patients with FFS Medicare were less likely to receive standard treatment.

A series of new studies from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting exhibit the association between impaired kidney function and prolonged hospital stays, higher charges, and greater resource utilization.

As Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment grows, Johnie Rose, MD, PhD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, underscores the importance of ongoing research into outcomes for MA beneficiaries vs fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare beneficiaries.

A report published today by Shatterproof and The Bowman Family Foundation underscores the potential of the collaborative care model to lower suicide risk across diverse patient populations and health systems.

New data from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) reveal that socially vulnerable and minority patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer are less likely to receive recommended treatments and achieve longer survival.

Patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer who were non-Hispanic Black, older, had lower household income, resided in nonmetropolitan areas, and were unmarried had higher odds of refusing cytoreductive surgery.

Experts agree that the expansion of telehealth was one of the most significant positive outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) who received in-hospital addiction consultation services were more likely to receive evidence-based OUD care, a new study found.

Patient navigation and mailed outreach improved colorectal cancer screening rates in rural clinics, but follow-up colonoscopy participation remains low.