Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the health care and mainstream press.
A letter by the editor-in-chief of The Daily Toreador referenced an article published on AJMC.com, the website of The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®). The article, “FDA's Revised Blood Donation Guidance for Gay Men Still Courts Controversy,” addressed an announcement by the FDA that changed wait time restrictions on gay men being allowed to donate blood from 1 year to 3 months amid the pandemic.
An article by Sports Illustrated mentioned AJMC.com’s coverage of findings presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 80th Scientific Sessions. The piece, "Racial Disparities Persist in Maternal Morbidity, Mortality and Infant Health," noted that American women die in childbirth at a higher rate than in any other developed country, with non-Hispanic Black women found to be more than 3 times more likely to have a maternal death than White women in the United States.
An opinion piece in The San Bernardino Sun cited a study published in the July 2021 issue of AJMC®, titled “Reduced Medical Spending Associated With Integrated Pharmacy Benefits.” In the study, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana members covered by an integrated pharmacy benefit, as opposed to a pharmacy carve-out, experienced slower growth in medical spending.
Dr Al Benson on Reimbursement for Supportive Care When Treating Patients With Cancer
March 22nd 2024Al Benson, MD, FACP, FACCC, FASCO, medical oncologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and associate director of the Robert E. Tillery Comprehensive Cancer Center, discussed findings from a national survey assessing barriers to comprehensive cancer care delivery.
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Navigating Medicare's Part D Subsidy Program to Achieve Value-Based Care
May 26th 2023On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the lead researcher from a study published in the May 2023 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about the impact of low-income subsidies on the uptake and equitable use of expensive orally administered antimyeloma therapy.
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Reaching Rural America: Value-Based Care Solutions for Systemic Health and Social Inequalities
March 7th 2023On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Jennifer Schneider, MD, co-founder and chief executive officer of Homeward, a value-based care provider aiming to improve access to high-quality care in rural communities through tech-enabled clinical services, partnerships with local physicians and health plans, and community-level demographic data.
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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Ponatinib Plus Chemotherapy in First-Line Ph+ ALL
March 19th 2024The FDA has granted accelerated approval to ponatinib (Iclusig) plus chemotherapy for the first-line treatment pf Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL).
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