Center on Health Equity & Access

In a webinar, experts discussed cardiovascular disease prevention strategies, emphasizing personalized risk assessments and emerging treatments to combat this health crisis.

During a visit to AtlantiCare, CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, called for rural health systems to modernize IT infrastructure through the $50 billion Rural Transformation Fund, including through artificial intelligence (AI).

A review highlights the need for better research on pediatric segmental vitiligo treatments, as current options show mixed results, and at SPD 2025, Hira Ghani, DO, emphasized the importance of recognizing often-overlooked skin conditions in children.

At the recent regional Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event in Boston, Anasuya Gunturi, MD, PhD, Lowell General Hospital, was a panelist for the discussion, “Evolving Breast Cancer Care: Addressing Unmet Needs Across the Patient Journey.”

World Hepatitis Day 2025 and its theme, “Hepatitis: Let’s Break It Down,” emphasize the urgent need to remove barriers to prevention, testing, and treatment to reduce liver cancer and eliminate hepatitis by 2030.

As we prepare for a future with more caregivers and more complex patient needs, let’s commit to valuing the care that happens outside hospitals just as much as the care within them.

At the 6-month anniversary of the inauguration in January, The American Journal of Managed Care® looks back at the changes made by the Trump administration that could have lasting effects in health care.

State governments must have budgetary and regulatory flexibility to support health care innovation, says State Sen Vincent Polistina (R, New Jersey).

This Managed Care Cast episode explores how high costs and inconsistent insurance coverage for incretin mimetics impact obesity management and patient care.

A digital asthma self-management program enhanced symptom control; however, it revealed racial disparities in engagement, highlighting the need for culturally tailored interventions.

Researchers found no significant differences in surgical outcomes or follow-up between housed and unhoused patients with osteoarthritis undergoing total joint arthroplasty, suggesting the procedure is safe and effective regardless of housing status.

Seventy percent of Asian American and Pacific Islander women diagnosed with lung cancer were non- or never-smokers, highlighting a need to rethink lung cancer screening to reduce disparities.

Mental health, care of acute and chronic conditions, primary care access and prevention, and maternal and perinatal health were identified as key focus areas among a majority of states.

There is a great need to streamline the process from the tissue sample to the diagnostic lab, whether it's genomic or immunohistochemistry, Robert Kratzke, MD, says.

Social determinants of health significantly increased mortality risks in patients with congestive heart failure, highlighting urgent care needs.

Caroline Vovan, PharmD, CDE, emphasized the expanding role of ambulatory clinical pharmacists in value-based care.

Ambulatory clinical pharmacists improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs by providing hands-on chronic disease management, patient education, and medication cost oversight, according to Caroline Vovan, PharmD, CDE.

HIV care and its related outcomes in South Carolina were defined by racial disparities, specifically in retention in care, despite efforts to end the HIV epidemic.

These interviews are the top episodes, by listens, from among the 21 podcast episodes The American Journal of Managed Care® produced over the first half of 2025. Give them all another listen, and perhaps learn something new.

States participating in the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model will be testing outcomes-based payments for sickle cell disease treatments.

National Minority Mental Health Month emphasizes the persistent mental health disparities among US racial and ethnic minorities, stemming from lower access to services, lack of culturally competent providers, discrimination, and medical mistrust, underscoring the need for dedicated resources and community action.

Caroline Vovan, PharmD, CDE, highlights how ambulatory clinical pharmacists contribute to value-based care by managing chronic conditions, improving medication adherence, and reducing costs.

Apixaban would still cost patients 9 times more through the Eliquis 360 Support program than with commercial insurance.

The new Blueprint for Patient-Centered Value Research offers a roadmap for embedding patient voices throughout every stage of the research journey to foster more equitable, transparent, and responsive health care systems.

Tabby Khan, MD, MPH, senior director of Analytics at Komodo Health, calls for increased lung cancer screening measures and criteria to address underreported, at-risk populations like AAPI women.