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Biosimilar Adoption, Legislative Action With PBMs: JC ScottJC Scott, CEO and president of The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, discusses current efforts in increasing biosimilar adoption and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform.
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Final Thoughts on Bronchiectasis ManagementPanelists discuss how bronchiectasis is more common than previously thought, with growing awareness, research, and specialized centers improving diagnosis and treatment options, though challenges remain in standardizing care and securing insurance coverage for therapies.
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A Learning Health Care Community: Integrating Research and Practice at ScaleThis article presents a case study of how stakeholders in one state came together to integrate practice and research that is a step beyond a learning health care system.
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The Biosimilar Shift: Trending Infliximab Biosimilar Utilization and Associated Cost Savings for Commercial InsuranceInfliximab biosimilars created price competition causing insurance claims costs for infliximab originator and infliximab biosimilars to decrease, generating significant savings to the health care system.
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Exploring Amivantamab's Potential in Colorectal Cancer: Dirk Arnold, MD, PhDDirk Arnold, MD, PhD, medical director, Asklepios Tumour Biology Centre, discusses the trial design of a study comparing amivantamab with standard chemotherapy to potentially improve treatment outcomes.
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Contributor: Top 3 Future Therapies to Drive Hemophilia Treatment Market GrowthThe trends in the hemophilia treatment market are gaining momentum with increasing incidences of hemophilia A and B and staggering need for their treatments, including gene, anti-tissue factor pathway inhibitor, and factor replacement therapies.
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Proposed Framework for Patient-Centered Outcomes-Based Measures in Alternative Payment ModelsSynthesis of multistakeholder perspectives from a mixed-methods study identifies guiding characteristics for outcomes-based quality measures in future, more patient-centered alternative payment models.
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Real-World Evidence Standards Bridge Research, Clinical Decision-Making: Cate Lockhart, PharmD, PhDReal-world evidence helps pharmaceutical companies and payers communicate more effectively.
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Contributor: How Health Care Companies Can Use Upskilling to Navigate the Great ResignationThe Great Resignation is sending health care workers out of the industry in massive numbers, and this, coupled with the ongoing transformation of health care, is creating the perfect storm. Alleviating their stress, burnout, and disengagement is a necessary first step. But the proper development, training, and upskilling is also crucial.
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Invest in Human Capital to Improve Breast Cancer Care Delays: Adam Brufsky, MD, PhDDelays in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment highlight the need for improved human capital investment in health care systems, explains Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD.
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding ChatGPT Among Health Care ProfessionalsThis web-based cross-sectional study indicated that health care professionals in China had poor knowledge, positive attitudes, and proactive practices in regard to ChatGPT.
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Out-of-Pocket Spending for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Adherence Among US AdultsAmong commercial and Medicare supplemental beneficiaries with cost sharing, higher out-of-pocket spending for the first cardiac rehabilitation session was associated with lower program adherence.
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Distinct Health Care Use Patterns of Patients With Chronic Gastrointestinal DiseasesPatients with complex chronic disease can be grouped by varying propensity for health care continuity patterns, which could be harnessed to personalize health care utilization interventions.
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Key Takeaways on HS Care: Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Equity SolutionsPanelist discusses how health systems can improve communication and coordination among specialists through integrated care models and digital platforms. Centers of Excellence promote health equity by providing specialized care in underserved areas, reducing disparities. A unified approach ensures efficient, patient-centered care, enhancing outcomes for all.
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AHA Telemetry Guidelines Improve Telemetry Utilization in the Inpatient SettingUsing Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, the studied intervention reduced hospital inpatient telemetry time by 51.25% while increasing American Heart Association (AHA) guideline–based usage.
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Challenges With Implementing the Diabetes Prevention Program for Medicare Beneficiaries in an Integrated Health SystemThis study presents challenges of implementing the CDC-approved Diabetes Prevention Program for Medicare beneficiaries at a large, integrated health care delivery system.
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Temporal Shift in Prevalence of Heart Failure Diagnoses and Comorbidities Within 2 US Integrated Health SystemsThe analysis highlighted a shift in heart failure diagnoses, with hypertensive heart disease with and without chronic kidney disease as prevalent diagnoses, underlining coding variability and implications for research.
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Accountable Care Organizations and HPV Vaccine Uptake: A Multilevel AnalysisThe authors evaluated whether adolescents receiving care at accountable care organizations (ACOs) vs non-ACOs were more likely to initiate and complete the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination series.
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Innovation in Long-Acting Prevention Is the Future of HIV: Antonio Urbina, MDAlthough a cure is likely still a ways off, continuing to pursue long-acting injectable treatments and PrEP is key to reducing cases of HIV.
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Pharmacists and Transitions of Care From Emergency Department to HomePharmacists’ roles in transitions of care continue to evolve. Evaluation of pharmacist-led interventions as patients transition from emergency department to home is needed.
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Endoscopist-Directed Sedation Rarely Fails: Implications for the Value of Anesthesia Assistance for Routine GI EndoscopyFailed sedation for routine gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is extremely rare, warranting a return to endoscopist-directed sedation, rather than costly anesthesia-assisted sedation, as the default sedation standard.
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The Hepatitis B Care Cascade Using Administrative Claims Data, 2016Analysis of a large, nationally representative claims database to longitudinally monitor enrollees with hepatitis B showed that 36% received recommended care and 18% were prescribed treatment.
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Interventional Analytics in Skilled Nursing Facilities Associated With Reduced ReadmissionsA retrospective analysis of 30-day risk-adjusted readmission rates among skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) between 2017 and 2022 compared those that had implemented an interventional analytics platform and other SNFs.
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Pharmacist Hypertension Management Using an Electronic Health Record–Based ApproachThe authors studied the impact of a pharmacist intervention on blood pressure control compared with usual care.
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Contributor: How Payers Are Applying AI to Solve the Problem of Incomplete Data—3 Use CasesIn this column, Calum Yacoubian, MD, outlines how artificial intelligence, specifically, natural language processing, can help address gaps in patient data.
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Breaking Barriers: Partnerships to Improve Diabetic Eye Health in AlabamaThis article reviews barriers to diabetic eye health across Alabama and highlights a partnership with Genentech and the American Diabetes Association to address this issue.
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Risk Adjusting for Medicaid Participation in Medicare AdvantageWhen comparing risk-adjustment approaches based on Medicaid status of Medicare beneficiaries, this analysis found that predicted spending levels varied depending on states’ Medicaid eligibility criteria.
