Health Care Delivery

New studies link abortion bans to higher births and WIC demand and spotlight care-access gaps, cancer disparities, and value-based reforms shaping 2026.

Integrating behavioral health into primary care is cost-effective from the US health system perspective, with reduced prescription drug expenses being a key driver of these savings.

Lindsey Dawson, MA, speaks about how budget decisions regarding ADAPs in Florida could affect patients with HIV should these decisions be made permanent.

Cost barriers push Latino adults to delay care, raising emergency department visits.

Michael Bernstein, MD, discusses how AI-assisted radiology workflows affect liability, automation bias, and patient safety in diagnostic imaging.

The 2026 V-BID Summit showcases strategies to make health care more affordable, equitable, and outcomes-driven.

This commentary examines pressures driving cardiology consolidation, the risks of private equity, and strategies to sustain independent practice while ensuring patient-centered, cost-effective cardiovascular care.

New research links post-Dobbs total abortion bans to higher births and WIC demand, raising safety-net costs and access concerns.

A mock jury study suggests AI-assisted double reads may reduce perceived radiologist liability in malpractice cases.

Susan Cantrell, CEO of AMCP, discusses the impact of the CDC's recent changes to the childhood immunization schedule and the role of managed care pharmacy in addressing them.

A study of 46 million visits finds telemedicine remains above prepandemic levels, but older adults and minority groups are less likely to use virtual care.

Ajai Chari, MD, discusses how the results of the MajesTEC-3 trial may translate to a real-world second-line population with multiple myeloma.

Risk-bearing provider organizations rely on physicians to achieve cost savings. The literature on physician-mediated interventions to reduce costs is scant and provides little guidance on effective strategies.

Federal RHTP funding often misses states with the highest rural mortality and greatest projected Medicaid funding losses, researchers found.

Noah Greenspan, DPT explains challenges diagnosing long COVID and strategies like pacing, compression, and electrolytes to support recovery.

A home blood pressure telemonitoring program effectively reduced blood pressure in real-world clinical settings, but program enrollment expenses increased overall costs.

April Armstrong, MD, MPH, discusses choosing AD therapies, JAK inhibitor safety, response measures, and emerging treatments shaping the field.

The FDA approved kinase inhibitors, biologics, a pancreatic cancer device, GLP-1 updates, and a new ultrarare disease pathway in February 2026.

New data tracks young-onset colorectal cancer, Medicaid health gaps, pediatric diabetes spikes, and drug-pricing shifts reshaping US care in 2026 highlight this weekly roundup.

Experts unpacked MFN drug pricing, expired ACA subsidies, and IRA fallout for community oncology in a recent webinar.

Medicaid managed care organizations should prioritize children in low-opportunity neighborhoods to optimize health care utilization, improve minority health, and address health-related social needs.

Patient-reported data can predict survival in leukemia, and integrating measuring tools improves care by prioritizing the patient's perspective.

Bidisha Mandal, PhD, concluded her conversation with AJMC by emphasizing the need for policy support and further research to maximize telehealth's impact.

Peter Voorhees, MD, explains how new daratumumab data shift smoldering multiple myeloma from watchful waiting to treatment.

The Support, Educate, Empower intervention was able to reduce glaucoma-related distress compared with standard education.