Implementing the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System for Improved Population Health

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Brady Post, PhD, lead author of a study published in the April 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®, challenges the claim that hospital-employed physicians serve a more complex patient mix.

Infection was a leading cause of death in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), highlighting the need for vigilant monitoring and preventive strategies.

Using commercial insurance claims data and the US launch of tirzepatide as their dividing point, John Ostrominski, MD, Harvard Medical School, and his team studied trends in the use of both glucose-lowering and weight-lowering medications, comparing outcomes between adults with and without type 2 diabetes.

Respiratory diseases made up the hospitalizations in older adults after they were exposed to wildfire smoke.

Nipocalimab (Imaavy; Johnson & Johnson), an FcRn-blocking monoclonal antibody, was approved for patients 12 years and older with generalized myasthenia gravis based on data from the ongoing Vivacity-MG3 study.