Week In Review

This week, the top managed care stories included AJMC^®’s annual health information technology issue; a debate over the value of PrEP; rates of heart disease falling among survivors of childhood cancer.

This week, the top managed care stories included cancer deaths falling for the 25th straight year; a study finding no link between talc powder and ovarian cancer; a poll finding 1 in 4 patients with Parkinson disease may be misdiagnosed.

This week, the top managed care stories included the FDA announcing a ban on flavored e-cigarettes; Google’s artificial intelligence system can find breast cancer as well as experts; new diabetes guidelines including 2 new drug classes to treat comorbidities.

AJMC^® presents the results of our online poll of the top healthcare stories of 2019.

This week, top managed care news included a federal appeals court overturning the individual mandate; the Trump administration unveiling a plan to import low-cost drugs; FDA approving a popular fish oil pill to prevent heart attacks and strokes.

This week, the top managed care stories included the White House seeking a truce between CMS Administrator Seema Verma and HHS Secretary Alex Azar; Sanofi will shift its focus from diabetes to cancer drugs; results highlight real-world evidence of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies.

This week, the top managed care news included HHS launching an initiative to reduce HIV infections; findings of high rates of prediabetes among adolescents and young adults; a tech outage disrupting blood glucose monitoring data.

This week, the top managed care news included research that may hold the key to slowing progression of multiple sclerosis; Humana says it is saving billions of dollars through value-based care; the challenges of rural healthcare delivery.

Here are the top 5 articles for the month of November.

This week, the top managed care news included research that shows stents may offer no more value than drugs for some heart patients; a ban on flavored tobacco products gains momentum; a survey finds most American families struggle with social factors that impact health.