Podcast: This Week in Managed Care - New Direction for CMS Innovation Center, and Other Health News

Medicare Advantage outperformed traditional Medicare on clinical quality measures before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; mid-pandemic, however, traditional Medicare narrowed the gap on some in-person screenings.

This Managed Care Cast episode explores how high costs and inconsistent insurance coverage for incretin mimetics impact obesity management and patient care.

This study examined the impact of price transparency and prosocial messaging on patient engagement of price-protected consumers in seeking value-based care.

Medical societies challenge HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's COVID-19 vaccine rollbacks, and more news updates from the week.

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 August issue features a conversation with Charles N. (Chip) Kahn III, MPH, the president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals and a longtime member of the AJMC editorial board.

Patients who experienced a formulary-related rejection of cariprazine for adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorder had significantly higher hospitalization rates than those with approved claims.