Managing Vaso-Occlusive Crisis in Sickle Cell Disease: A Look at the Clinical and Economic Burden

Researchers consider the weight-adjusted waist index a more precise predictor of mortality risk in patients with osteoarthritis than traditional obesity measures, like body mass index.

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.

Researchers are calling for more targeted efforts to improve health equity after a new analysis revealed that cancer symptom documentation and burden vary across certain demographics.

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.

The case, which has implications across preventive care, is now an argument between Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the Secretary of HHS, and Braidwood Management.