Health Care Delivery

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we feature several leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion advancing health equity in their respective organization’s policy and practice initiatives.

The Biden administration and drug manufacturers are looking at different ways to keep free access to COVID-19 vaccines; mifepristone remains available without new restrictions while a court battle continues; the goal to reduce HIV in the US by 2030 may fall short, some warn.

Clinicians treating patients with polycythemia vera are too reliant upon phlebotomy, data suggest.

Older age, more comorbidities, and having higher baseline inflammatory markers were among these factors.

These findings underscore the need for improved bleed protection and hemophilia care for those with all severities of the disease.

Although many topical or systemic antibiotics exist to treat acne vulgaris, the common inflammatory skin disease is not fully treatable.

Little is known about the risk of bleeding in patients with bleeding disorders who undergo major surgeries or outcomes for those managed perioperatively at hemophilia treatment centers.

Individuals with severe type 2 asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps may benefit from the biologic treatment, dupilumab.

In several abstracts presented at this year's American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Mitzi Joi Williams, MD, FAAN, Joi Life Wellness Neurology Clinic, explores multiple sclerosis–related outcomes in diverse patient populations.

Although children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are slightly more likely to experience long-term educational underachievement than their peers without T1D, those who also have a psychiatric disorder have significantly lower odds of achieving educational milestones.

Although the 28-day mortality for patients with respiratory failure did not differ between patients with and without respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), complications were more common in those with RSV.

Jessica Allegretti, MD, MPH, medical director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, reviews emerging therapeutics being investigated for the prevention and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).

Sleep and genetics play individual roles in increasing a person’s risk for asthma, but their combination also heightens that risk.

Most patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) said they can go about their daily activities without restriction, the authors found, because of gains in functional status and quality of life (QOL).

Although new guidelines from the CDC say that masks need not be worn in counties where transmission level for COVID-19 isn’t high, many health systems still plan to mask.

Investigators compared outcomes for severe mental illness between patients with both chronic skin conditions and healthy controls, using data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink GOLD.

The study also found lasting benefits of the supplement for bone density up to age 4.

Because biologics are used to treat both conditions, researchers hypothesized they may be helpful to prevent psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Recommendations are lacking on strength exercise intensity, tolerability, and adverse effects for patients with severe forms of hemophilia.

At present, there are no approved therapies for pre–heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (pre-HFpEF); instead, cardiovascular risk factor management is often utilized in this patient population.

Long-term temporal and spatial trends, as well as changes, can be estimated using hospital admission data when the burden on health care systems is increased.

The weight loss surgery may help reverse peripheral neuropathy and improve the stability of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and retinopathy in individuals with class II/III obesity.

The cost savings for health plans would increase if the therapy were used after the first recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).

Study authors determined that regular musculoskeletal assessments can help facilitate personalized care for patients who have hemophilia, in that they can detect changes early.

Banner|Aetna's partnership with Virta and their diabetes reversal program brings to light the possibility for expansion to other health issues.