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Insurance plan members find themselves involuntarily switched between plans; the Senate investigates patient safety concerns resulting from private equity practices; base payments to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will decrease in 2025.

A decrease in surgeries to address colorectal cancer (CRC) could lead to unknown consequences, including intensifying challenges faced by the patients.

This new report helps clarify the ways in which the disease—and its treatment—affects the lives of children.

This analysis found the complex decision-making process of lung cancer screening among eligible individuals is infused with 3 principal themes that may influence how primary care physicians approach patients with comorbidities.

“Policies that require and reimburse universal mental health screening at postpartum visits, ensure connection to care, reduce gaps in postpartum insurance coverage, and require clinician training in culturally responsive resources could improve equity of postpartum depression diagnoses and care in the US,” study authors wrote.

Breast cancer survivors face a complex landscape of challenges including lingering symptoms, anxieties about the future, identity shifts, and potential social isolation. However, the study identifies personal growth fostered by the experience, further underscoring the critical role of social support and open communication with health care providers in navigating this journey.

The first-in-class oral factor D inhibitor danicopan (Voydeya) has been approved for the management of extravascular hemolysis in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).

Treatment with R-GemOx was associated with significant health care resource utilization, high costs surrounding treatment, and low overall survival in elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

The annual Community Oncology Conference comes on the heels of a cyberattack that has caused significant disruption to providers, and many have sought relief from payers in areas such as prior authorization.

Some nonprofit hospitals now offer concierge physician practices for high-paying patients; Kaiser Permanente partners with investment firms to launch Habitat Health; Gallup data shows a surprising decline in health care's priority ranking.

Men who have sex with men (MSM) who primarily spoke Spanish and transgender women who spoke either English or Spanish had positive experiences with a mobile health (mHealth) intervention.

Despite being used for decades, there continues to be emerging data on interferons and how they should be used in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), explains Raajit Rampal, MD, PhD, hematologic oncologist, associate attending physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

With the 2024 Community Oncology Conference, from the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), set to kick off this week in Orlando, Florida, The American Journal of Managed Care® spoke with Emily Touloukian, DO, COA board member and 1 of 6 cochairs for this year’s meeting, on highlights from the packed agenda and the power of advocacy.

While offering advantages like faster recovery and high patient satisfaction, cryoablation for the treatment of early-stage breast cancer is still under investigation for effectiveness and requires further research for wider adoption.

A cross-sectional study utilizing self-reports from Chinese college students correlated mobile phone use with insomnia, bolstering previous research that made similar conclusions.

An artificial intelligence (AI) mode was more accurate in assessing patient risks for skin cancer through the analysis of 2D facial images compared with more traditional risk-factor screening.

For World Bipolar Day, Roger Rivera, DNP, board-certified PMHNP, shares his insight on integrating psychotherapeutic techniques and medication regimens for bipolar disorder.

Studies of DNA methylation, RNA methylation, and histone modification revealed important information about the pathology of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and treatment potential.

The Center on Health Equity and Access shares up-to-date news, research progress, and ongoing initiatives dedicated to tackling health care disparities and enhancing overall access to quality care.

The majority of studies evaluating biosimilar-to-biosimilar switching were for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis.

The often-overlooked perspective of the caregiver was brought to the forefront of a presentation by Julia Cohen Sebastien at the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health 2024 Women’s Health Summit.

Red and near-infrared–emitting fabric clothing may improve symptoms of mild psoriasis, polymorphous light eruption (PMLE), and alopecia areata (AA), but further research with larger groups is needed due to limitations in the pilot study design.

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Medicare’s upcoming health equity adjustment in the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program will reduce disproportionate penalization among safety net hospitals and those serving high proportions of Black patients, according to a recent study.

Individual variations in cognitive performance based on fluctuating glucose levels were observed, necessitating further research on the topic.

Results are consistent with the authors' prior findings on the possible effects of circadian rhythm on outcomes after immunotherapy.

The researchers found that popularity of videos did not necessarily correlate with the quality of information provided in the video.

Posters presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting identified significant undertreatment of psoriasis and significant gaps in biologic medication treatment.

Ravulizumab-cwvz (Ultomiris) received a label expansion by the FDA for the treatment of adult neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in patients with anti–aquaporin-4 antibodies after trials results showed it could prevent relapses.