Exclusive Coverage of the 2019 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

At a Stakeholder Interchange convened by The American Journal of Managed Care® in Tampa, Florida, an academic-community mix of hematologist-oncologists and pharmacists debated prior authorization, site-of-care payment disparities, and how aggressively to push bispecific antibody regimens to community practices treating patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Portuguese patch testing finds many chronic hand eczema cases link to allergic contact dermatitis—especially occupational exposures like methylisothiazolinone, HEMA acrylates, thiuram mix, nickel.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network update on mantle cell lymphoma puts covalent BTK inhibitors, MRD testing, and TP53 sequencing at the center of frontline care, while adding pirtobrutinib and a pair of CAR T-cell therapies for disease that progresses on a BTK inhibitor.

These findings demonstrate substantial but variable use of community care consultations for specialty care among patients with diabetic foot ulcers within the Veterans Health Administration.

Two posters report 3.9% first-year GLP-1 discontinuation and a 5-day median time to first fill under pharmacist-led care.

CDC's Jane Henley, MSPH, explains what's behind falling lung cancer deaths and why 4 in 5 eligible adults still aren't getting screened.

The regulatory decisions reflect how advances in biomarkers and molecular medicine are reshaping both diagnosis and treatment.

Measles cases hit a year high. Here's what payers need to know about outbreak costs, MMR coverage, and plans to split the vaccine