Allison Inserro

While polypharmacy, along with hospital length of stay and other factors, was linked to a higher risk of 30-day hospital readmission, the type of medication mattered as well.

The gold standard for diagnosing liver disease is a liver biopsy, but researchers are seeking a simpler way to identify those at risk, given the silent nature of early disease and rising incidence around the globe.

With the delta variant now dominant in the United States, study results highlight the need for officials to do everything they can to increase vaccine uptake.

Larger primary care practices in downside risk–only payment models and capitation saw the highest telemedicine utilization rates by their patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.

The problem of alcoholic liver disease is growing in the United States, and obtaining treatment is difficult.

A new study says that treating iron deficiency therapy may improve outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease, even if they don’t have anemia.

In a recent review, researchers describe what is currently known about allogenic hemopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for myelofibrosis.

Pfizer and BioNTech said they will seek approval for a booster shot of their COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, while US health authorities said a booster is not necessary. In addition, the CDC emphasized in-person learning for schools this fall in updated guidance.

The proposed changes to the payment model for end stage renal disease (ESRD) would make it the first payment model under the CMS Innovation Center to directly address health equity by incentivizing increased rates of home dialysis and kidney transplants.

The measure is designed to end surprise medical billing and balance billing, taking the first step to implement the so-called No Surprises Act that passed Congress at the end of last year.

The company, uniQure, said it is the largest group of patients with hemophilia B to receive a single gene therapy investigational product so far. 

The head of AHIP sat down with a senator and 3 health care executives for a conversation about payment and access issues at the organization's 2021 Institute and Expo Online.

At a session of AHIP 2021 Institute and Expo Online, the head of North Carolina's health and human services department and a health equity policy advisor in the Biden administration discussed how collecting and using data to achieve health equity is ultimately a policy decision.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) suggested several changes to Medicare Advantage (MA) plan benchmark calculations, with the intent to generate yield savings for Medicare, and urged CMS to streamline alternative payment model (APMs) where it can.

In a 7 to 2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will stand, as plaintiffs seeking to declare the law unconstitutional did not have standing.

Executives from Merck, Bellus Health, Bayer, and Shionogi highlighted their P2X3 data for chronic cough.

Experts from around the world discussed how to best manage the clinical issues presented by patients with refractory chronic cough, who often spend years trying to find effective relief.

The researchers created a model that simulated what would happen when health systems and providers began working together in Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) in arrangements that did not extend to outright mergers or acquisitions.

The studies used population-level data from a county in Minnesota that has served as a national laboratory for health research since the 1960s.

The FDA said it is the first approved drug for chronic weight management in adults with general obesity or overweight since 2014.

Using a large US database, researchers characterized the impact of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in patients with disease activity in multiple domains vs those with disease activity affecting a single area.

Both conditions involve a genetic predisposition as well as immune pathways that are triggered by environmental factors.

The study portrays the intense need for daily care experienced by children with aromatic L-Amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADC-d) and their families.

Ultrasounds and MRI are both used to monitor inflammation activity in rheumatoid arthritis, but their value in refining future treatment strategies has so far been unknown.

It is already known that dual-eligible older adults are at an increased risk for death in the year following a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), but it previously wasn't known whether dual-eligible status is linked with functional decline after an ICU stay.

Patients with refractory or unexplained chronic cough are concerned about how they appear to others, and it takes them many years to get diagnosed, according to posters presented at the American Thoracic Society 2021 International Conference.

During the ATS 2021 International Conference, several studies shed new light on 2 asthma biologics.

Anthony Fauci, MD, told attendees at the ATS 2021 International Conference that the real-world evidence of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is even better than expected.

A pediatric infectious disease expert reviewed some developments in the vaccine development pipeline, especially new efforts targeting infant health through maternal immunizations.