August 2026

This meta-analysis supports a role for oral nutrition supplements and/or intradialytic parenteral nutrition in improving nutrition status in hemodialysis patients.

Despite financial incentives for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans to reduce potentially inappropriate medication use post hospitalization, this study found that MA does not provide a clear advantage over traditional Medicare.

High-risk nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use declined modestly in Virginia during the COVID-19 pandemic but remained prevalent from 2019 to 2021. Demographic disparities reveal distinct opportunities for targeted deprescribing interventions.

Constrained optimization empirically derived social risk weights that gave equal influence to subgroup performance by dual eligibility and disability in overall contract scores.

This study links county-level social vulnerability to variation in Medicare Advantage prior authorization policies.

Remote monitoring with tailored texts improved endocrine therapy adherence among breast cancer survivors with low symptom-management self-efficacy, with benefits becoming nonsignificant at higher self-efficacy levels.

Health plans can use routine pharmacy claims to identify members at high risk for early discontinuation of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and deliver targeted, equity-conscious adherence support.

Analysis of billing codes before and after implementation of a care process for weight-focused visits revealed increased primary care revenue for these encounters.