AJMC® in the Press, June 26, 2026

The study “Potential Spillover Effects on Traditional Medicare When Physicians Bear Medicare Advantage Risk,” published in the August 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care^® (AJMC^®), found that patients who were treated by physicians with high levels of Medicare Advantage risk exposure had higher care quality and efficiency outcomes compared with those treated by other physicians. Health Payer Specialist references these findings to evaluate whether the theoretical benefits of value-based care can translate into reality, using the study's evidence of positive spillovers to argue that managed care frameworks can successfully drive health care efficiencies.

The AJMC commentary "Regulating Private Equity in Health Care: A Strategic Policy Agenda," published in the May 2026 issue, argues that private equity's growing influence on American health care has outpaced regulatory oversight. Becker's ASC Review cites the viewpoint's findings, using that data to frame its roundup of recent state-level crackdowns as evidence that the regulatory momentum described in the AJMC piece is now playing out on the ground.

The article “US Has Highest Infant, Maternal Mortality Rates Despite the Most Health Care Spending,” published on AJMC.com, the website of AJMC, reports that the US has the highest infant and maternal mortality rates of any high-income country despite spending the most on health care. It points to factors like inadequate prenatal care and high C-section rates as drivers of this gap. Eurweb cites this data point, noting the US has the "highest infant [and] maternal mortality rates" despite spending the most per capita on health care worldwide. Eurweb uses that statistic as context before narrowing into its own focus on the racial disparities Black mothers face within that broader US outcome.

The AMA Morning Rounds cited 2 articles from AJMC.com. The first, “Long-Term, Consistent Resistance Training Linked to Substantially Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk,” covered results that found that sustained, consistent resistance training, especially when combined with adequate aerobic activity and limited TV time, was associated with substantially lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The second, “Patient Portal Messages Outpace Office Visits,” reported on results that found patient-authored portal messages surged 153% between 2020 and 2025, which far outpaced the growth of in-office visits and created a layer of care that health systems and payers have not been able to fully account for yet.