Medicare Improvement Project Linked to Health Law Takes Next Step

Patients who did not complete a distress screener were also less likely to receive autologous stem cell transplants.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the author of a study published in the February 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® to uncover significant differences in coverage decisions for pharmacogenetic tests across major US health insurers.

Tenacious efforts at every level, from the individual clinician to the hospital to the state to Congress, will be needed to make sure patients can access life-saving gene therapies for neuromuscular diseases.

The annual wellness visit is beneficial for patients, providers, and payers with an emphasis on preventive care for early intervention.

The rapid development of gene therapy options for treating neuromuscular diseases has created new therapeutic options but also logistical hurdles and a need for complex discussions between clinicians and families.

Multiparametric quantitative MRI could potentially help differentiate between Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy early and improve the management of these conditions.