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Presenters at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2024 annual meeting discussed the current promise and future potential of gene and cell therapies, as well as payer management strategies for these costly treatments.

Using 25 health system performance indicators, the Commonwealth Fund 2024 State Health Disparities Report evaluated racial and ethnic disparities in health care and health outcomes both within and across US states and highlighted the urgent need for equitable health care policies and practices in the US.

Researchers conducted an analysis of 4 phase 3 trials, covering 2751 patients, to address the potential for targeted agents in younger and physically fit patients who have chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Screening for cognitive impairment among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can be challenging; however, some shorter assessments have shown promise for use in the clinical setting.

Experts explain how new diabetes technologies like continuous glucose monitors are transforming care beyond intensive insulin therapy, offering personalized insights and improving outcomes for patients of all treatment levels.

The connection was primarily established between type 1 diabetes (T1D) and the eating disorders bulimia and binge eating, with female patients with T1D at higher risk of insulin misuse as a result.

A new study is among the largest real-world analyses to date to assess trends over time and predictive factors for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who received allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT).

The Biden administration recently launched the Global Health Security Strategy, a new effort to combat the spread of infectious diseases; lawmakers zeroed in on the risks of massive consolidation in health care during the first congressional hearing on the Change Healthcare hack; the FDA recently announced the recall of a pair of heart devices linked to numerous deaths and injuries.

Presenters from Mayo Clinic discussed the benefits of implementing pharmacogenomic testing in mental health care for the betterment of patient outcomes, reducing medical costs, and more at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2024 annual meeting.

Presenters explored the real-world evidence in support of biosimilars at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy 2024 annual meeting.

While health plans often employ reimbursement rates as a tool to incentivize provider participation within their networks, study results showed reimbursement rates for office visits with medical/surgical clinicians were on average 22% higher than behavioral health clinicians.

Patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) may have an increased risk of headache disorder and migraines.

News from Strategic Alliance Partners of The American Journal of Managed Care.

The therapy bridges activated factors IX and X to mimic the function of missing or deficient factor VIII.

A new survey has found that most patients who have generalized myasthenia gravis who switched from eculizumab to ravulizumab preferred the latter.

In a registry-based analysis, more hospitalized children with SCD and COVID-19 had severe infection requiring supplemental oxygen, compared with the general population.

A single injection of a gene therapy was well tolerated and showed the potential to control exudation in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD).

The LIFE-T1D model, demonstrated an ability to estimate the lifetime risk of heart disease among several groups of people with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Michael Morse, MD, FACP, MHS, professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and medical oncologist at Duke Cancer Center, discusses the etiologies of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and how clinicians can tailor treatment for patients with varied levels of liver function.

A recent study suggests treatment with glucocorticoids after loss of ambulation can preserve late-stage functional abilities, respiratory function, and cardiac function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

Ari Green, MD, University of California, San Francisco, discusses the promising results observed in current remyelination trials in multiple sclerosis (MS) and the patient-specific features that may influence therapy outcomes.