Breakthrough Pain in Chronic Persistent Pain Syndromes: Emerging Treatment Options and Implications for Managed Care

After Pennsylvania began rewarding Medicaid managed care plans for increasing well-child visits among Black infants, rates did not change significantly overall but varied by region.

Greater 340B activity—measured by county-level hospital child sites and contract pharmacy arrangements—was associated with significantly higher county-level total and out-of-pocket health care spending.

The associate editor of Evidence-Based Oncology says the turnover that will follow this week's midterm election calls for renewed engagement from community oncology leaders with members of Congress, due to pressing reimbursement issues.

Medigap Plan F enrollment has declined since it was closed to new beneficiaries in 2020. The percentage of individual Medigap enrollees relative to non–dually eligible traditional Medicare beneficiaries increased from 2013-2024.

Among the therapeutic alternatives used in Medicare’s drug price negotiations, many were generics or biosimilars, and most differed in mechanistic class from the negotiated drug.