The analysis highlighted a shift in heart failure diagnoses, with hypertensive heart disease with and without chronic kidney disease as prevalent diagnoses, underlining coding variability and implications for research.

The researchers noted diabetes and hypertension are both modifiable with appropriate management that brings patients to guidelines-based targets. | Image Credit: Crystal light - stock.adobe.com

PCPs Have Unique Opportunity to Detect, Manage CKD

By AJMC Contributor

August 14th 2025

As the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) continues to rise, empowering primary care providers (PCPs) with the tools, training, and collaborative frameworks needed for optimal management is a public health priority, emphasize the researchers.

ROS1-positive NSCLC is aggressive and rare, with approximately 3000 new diagnoses of advanced disease in the US each year. | Image credit: appledesign - stock.adobe.com

Taletrectinib Recommended in NCCN Guidelines for ROS1-Positive NSCLC

By Rose McNulty

July 31st 2025

Taletrectinib was added to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology as a preferred option for the first-line and subsequent treatment of advanced ROS1-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Stethoscope with health icons next to a white piggy bank | Image credit: Kiattisak - stock.adobe.com

Upfront HSCT More Cost-Effective for Patients With AML in Remission

By Jared Kaltwasser

July 31st 2025

Proceeding with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is more cost-effective than delaying the procedure in patients with intermediate-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Managed Care Reflections: A Q&A With Charles N. (Chip) Kahn III, MPH

By Charles N. Kahn III, MPH
Christina Mattina

July 30th 2025

To mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), each issue in 2025 includes a special feature: reflections from a thought leader on what has changed—and what has not—over the past 3 decades and what’s next for managed care. The August issue features a conversation with Charles N. (Chip) Kahn III, MPH, the president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals and a longtime member of the AJMC editorial board.

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