Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—Challenges of Rural Healthcare Delivery and Other Health News

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.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, experts discuss behavioral health services, stigma reduction, and the 4 dimensions of recovery.

Drug interactions with ibrutinib may not shorten survival when managed carefully, though the significant increase in infection-related hospitalizations tied to CYP3A inhibitors signals an urgent need for closer monitoring, dose adjustment, and proactive infection prevention strategies.

A new FDA-approved blood test for Alzheimer disease could transform diagnosis and treatment accessibility, according to this conversation with Howard Fillit, MD, and Anthony “Nino” Sireci, MD, MSc.

The combination of amivantamab and lazertinib in first-line non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) significantly reduces resistance mechanisms with implications for second-line treatment, said Danny Nguyen, MD, of City of Hope.

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.