Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis

To mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care, 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 October issue features a conversation with Ge Bai, PhD, CPA, professor of accounting at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and professor of health policy and management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

Syndromic reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction tests for respiratory infections were associated with lower health care resource utilization and costs, implicating potential for improved value in patient care.

This article presents a systematic review of US health care disparities in physician specialist access across rheumatology, dermatology, and gastroenterology and a call to action.

A secret shopper survey (N = 8306) in Pennsylvania’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace found inconsistencies between carrier regulatory filings and provider directories, frequent inaccuracies in regulatory filings, and challenges in securing timely appointments.

This commentary calls for health care systems to deliver equitable care for people living with obesity by addressing weight bias and updating standards in obesity care.

This study examines the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on substance-associated emergency department (ED) visits among young adults, revealing reduced alcohol-associated visits but unchanged opioid-associated visits.