Trump to Call for Paid Family Leave
A new budget proposal from President Donald Trump will require states provide paid family leave. According to the AP, new mothers, fathers, and adoptive parents will receive 6 weeks of paid leave, a proposal that had been championed by the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump. States would provide payment for leave through unemployment insurance programs and it would be up to the states to cover the costs through cuts or tax hikes. States could create a different paid leave system and opt out of the requirement.
Global Cyberattack Affected Medical Devices
An investigation found that some medical devices were affected by the global WannaCry ransomware attack that reached more than 150 countries. It determined that MedRad (Bayer), Siemens, and other medical devices were infected, reported Health IT Security. Medical devices that aren’t updated can lead to data security issues that attacks like WannaCry can exploit.
States Take Legal Action to Save ACA Funds
A total of 15 states are trying to preserve cost-sharing reductions under the Affordable Care Act. The Los Angeles Times reported that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit that could affect the future of cost-sharing subsidies to insurance companies that reduce costs for lower-income people. HHS pays insurers these subsidies, but Republicans have maintained they are unconstitutional. The other states involved are Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Washington. The District of Columbia has also joined the lawsuit.
Dr Dalia Rotstein: Physicians Must Be Aware MS Affects People of All Backgrounds
April 24th 2024Dalia Rotstein, MD, MPH, emphazises the importance of awareness that multiple sclerosis (MS) impacts patients from various backgrounds as clinicians think through ways to improve access to care and research efforts in MS.
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Navigating Health Literacy, Social Determinants, and Discrimination in National Health Plans
February 13th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the February 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on how health plans can screen for health literacy, social determinants of health, and perceived health care discrimination.
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Polatuzumab Vedotin and R-CHP Appropriate for Untreated DLBCL
April 24th 2024Population pharmacokinetic and exposure-response analyses revealed a favorable benefit-risk profilane for the treatment combination of polatuzumab vedotin and rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone (R-CHP).
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Drs Raymond Thertulien, Joseph Mikhael on Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Care Access
December 28th 2023In the wake of the 2023 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition, Raymond Thertulien, MD, PhD, of Novant Health, and Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FACP, chief medical officer of the International Myeloma Foundation, discussed health equity research highlights from the meeting and drivers of racial disparities in multiple myeloma outcomes.
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Award-Winning Poster Presentations From AMCP 2024
April 23rd 2024At the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2024 annual meeting, multiple poster presentations concerned with health equity, data collection, glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, and more were acknowledged for their originality, relevance, clarity, bias, and quality.
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