July 05, 2020
Article
A recent article in the Journal of Head and Face Pain outlines strategies for migraine treatment without face-to-face visits, and describes ways health insurance companies can remove barriers to migraine care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
July 03, 2020
Article
From January to June, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has evolved from an isolated disease in a region of China to a global pandemic that has brought countries to a standstill, pushed hospital systems to the brink, and dragged the global economy into a recession. Here, we take a look at how this pandemic evolved and progressed thus far in 2020.
June 22, 2020
Article
Technology has made it easier to deliver health care in the home in recent years, but the financing models have not caught up just yet.
June 19, 2020
Article
Based on the safety and efficacy outcomes from the PREVENT phase 3 study, the FDA has approved secukinumab (Cosentyx) from Novartis for the treatment of active nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis.
June 16, 2020
Article
Leaders from several different accountable care organizations (ACOs) describe their experience of creating programs to care for Medicare beneficiaries using the skilled nursing facility (SNF) waiver process.
May 23, 2020
Article
Compared with use of originator products, use of biosimilars in the United States is apparently still not a priority of commercial health plans, according to the results of a recent JAMA study.
March 24, 2020
Article
The International Olympic Committee postpones the 2020 games slated for this summer; the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) urges Congress for increased protection and support for medical practices; AHIP will allow its member payers to transfer patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from hospitals to other clinical settings, if appropriate, without prior authorization.
March 19, 2020
Video
"We want to make sure practices have time to learn, understand, adapt, and modify, to a new Oncology Care Model," said Michael Diaz, MD, president of Community Oncology Alliance.
February 07, 2020
Article
There are shortcomings in the ways we have approached value assessment to date, writes the executive director of the Innovation and Value Initiative.