Value Shopping: Employers, Payers, and Patients are Looking Beyond Quality Measures in Their Provider Comparisons

Elinzanetant significantly reduced the frequency and severity of vasomotor symptoms, known as hot flashes, compared with placebo across body mass index (BMI) and smoking status subgroups.

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.

Missy Hopson, PhD, Ochsner Health, discussed in detail the challenges of strengthening the patient-centered workforce, the power of community reputation for encouraging health care careers, and the influence of empowered workforces on patient outcomes.

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.

Progression-free survival improvement and drug costs make zanubrutinib a more cost-effective option in relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), new research suggests.

A recent review highlights the gaps in clinical guidelines and treatment approaches for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and looks ahead to the future promise of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for liver conditions.