Can Social Determinants of Health Predict High-Cost Utilizers Among the Commercially Insured Population?

The Center on Health Equity & Access provides the latest news, research, and expert opinions on the state of equity in health care.

September is National Recovery Month, and we are bringing you another limited-edition month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In this first episode, we speak with Michael Lynch, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and an attending emergency physician and medical toxicologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Lead investigators, presenters, and the chair of this year’s European Society of Cardiology Congress, John McMurray, MD, discussed the meeting highlights and recapped important data.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the author of a study published in the August 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® that reviews the US obesity epidemic and discusses inadequate obesity management insurance coverage.

Using artificial intelligence (AI) in breast cancer screenings in the United Kingdom could be cost-effective and improve health outcomes after identifying more cancers.

An analysis on the state of pharmaceutical drug pricing revealed that, despite rebates, consumers' out-of-pocket costs have grown faster than their insurers' prices.