Cost Impacts of Illness on Families and Society

Boarding admitted patients on inpatient floor hallways can alleviate emergency department (ED) crowding. Outcomes tend to be positive, but the published evidence is weak, according to this systematic review.

Accelerated approvals, surrogate end points, and high drug costs are reshaping cancer center formulary decisions, explained panelists at PCOC.

Most community oncology practices now administer bispecific antibodies in-office, but reimbursement gaps remain a top barrier, a survey finds.

Tammy Lundstrom, MD, JD, discusses the new childhood vaccine order, single-dose MMR access concerns, and the measles resurgence.

Switching MS patients to subcutaneous ocrelizumab cut chair time 82.8% and delivered $514,544 in 3-year value, a UVA analysis finds.

Topical ruxolitinib prescribing in Medicare Part D surged through 2024, but its cost per day runs 16 times higher than generic tacrolimus.

Baseline biopsies separated 16 patients who later developed hepatocellular carcinoma from 32 matched controls a median 6.1 years ahead.

A narrative review finds specialty pharmacies lack a patient-reported outcome measure built for their workflow, despite frequent contact with patients with MS.