Differential Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroids: Fluticasone Propionate Versus Triamcinolone Acetonide

Assertive community treatment, a strongly evidence-based practice for delivering care to individuals with schizophrenia and low health care engagement, is applicable to disengaged, medically complex patients.

In Massachusetts’ largest Medicaid accountable care organization (ACO), high-risk care management significantly reduced spending, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations, demonstrating that targeted strategies can manage health care costs amid budget constraints.

Accountable care organization (ACO) participation was associated with an increase in hospitals’ mean market share and with additional market share gains in more concentrated markets.

Although use of corticosteroid premedication prior to infliximab infusions is declining, it remains unnecessarily high despite limited benefit and the risk of serious adverse events from corticosteroids.

To mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), each issue in 2025 includes a special feature: reflections from a thought leader on what has changed—and what has not—over the past 3 decades and what’s next for managed care. The July issue features a conversation with David J. Shulkin, MD, a physician and former secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

The COCOON trial reveals that prophylactic treatment reduces dermatological adverse events in NSCLC patients, enhancing their quality of life during amivantamab therapy.