AJMC® Editors Reflect on 2024 and Look Forward to a Milestone

To mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), each issue in 2025 includes a special feature: reflections from a thought leader on what has changed—and what has not—over the past 3 decades and what’s next for managed care. The June issue features a conversation with Melinda B. Buntin, PhD, a health economist and a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Carey Business School.

Lindsey Leininger, PhD, and Allister Chang, MPA, highlight the potential of laundromats as accessible, community-based settings to support Medicaid outreach, foster trust, and connect families with essential health and social services.

Primary care nurse practitioners were found to use low-value care at lower or relatively similar rates compared with the general clinician population.

Victor Murray, MSW, of the Camden Coalition, delves into the evolving role of social workers, focusing on advocacy, systems change, and addressing health disparities in underserved communities.

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are increasingly playing the role of data sleuths as they identify and report trends of anomalous billing in hopes of salvaging their shared savings. This mission dovetails with that of CMS, which under the new administration plans to prioritize rooting out fraud, waste, and abuse.

The California-based entities plan to offer new Medicare Advantage (MA) products in select counties by this fall.