Diabetes

The AJMC^® Diabetes compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights for the chronic condition.

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How Neighborhood Social Needs Drive Diabetes Care Disparities

By Hayden E. Klein

October 18th 2024

Unmet social needs in certain neighborhoods contribute to disparities in diabetes care, leading to greater reliance on emergency services, fewer preventive measures, and higher rates of complications.

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The Off-Ramp: Novel Diabetes Reversal Program Bolsters Support of Nonpharmacological Disease Management

October 8th 2024

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What the Diabetes Health Economy Looks Like in 2024

By Hayden E. Klein

October 1st 2024

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Semaglutide Accessibility and Affordability Addressed at Senate Committee Hearing

By Cameron Santoro

September 24th 2024

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FTC Takes Legal Action Against 3 Largest PBMs Over Insulin Costs

By Skylar Jeremias

September 20th 2024

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November 18th 2016

ADA Resolution Asks Congress to Investigate Insulin Prices

Earlier this month, 2 members of Congress called for the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to examine whether the major insulin manufacturers are coordinating on prices.

November 18th 2016

AJMC in the Press, November 18, 2016

A review of our peer-reviewed research in the healthcare and mainstream press.

November 17th 2016

Obesity Rates for Young Children in Nutrition Program Drop in 31 States

Public health officials scrutinize obesity rates among young children as an indicator of how efforts to combat the epidemic are faring overall.

November 16th 2016

Tufts Study Absolves Diet Soda in Prediabetes, but Sugary Beverages Are Linked

Studies of the effect of diet soda on diabetes and obesity have produced mixed results.

November 14th 2016

Weight Loss Surgery May Cut Risk of Heart Failure

A study of a pair of large databases shows a strong link between obesity and heart failure.

November 13th 2016

Lowering BP May Do Most to Halt Cognitive Decline Among Those Treated Longest

The results point to the need for more study on the effects of long-duration blood pressure treatment to prevent cognitive decline, especially in the highest risk patients.

November 13th 2016

Cutting Sugary Drink Sales by 20% Through Education, Not a Tax

The results from a wide-ranging public health effort in Howard County, Maryland, show a decline in sugary beverage consumption nearly on par with early results from Berkeley, California, which passed the nation's first soda tax.

November 11th 2016

Wearable Device Affects Fat Loss, Blood Sugar Regulation in Diabetes

A new wearable medical device helped patients replace a stress response that is lost for those with type 2 diabetes.

November 9th 2016

Soda Taxes Pass in Four Cities, But Tobacco Votes Are Mixed

Three of the 4 cities to pass taxes on soda are in Northern California, not far from Berkeley, which passed the nation's first soda tax in 2014.

November 8th 2016

Significant Weight Loss May Not Cut Cancer Risk

The findings come as epidemiologists have noted rising rates of liver cancer amid falling rates of cancer generally.

November 7th 2016

Lack of Coverage, Diagnoses Keep Those With Obesity From Getting Help

A spokesman for The Obesity Society said that lack of payer coverage for obesity may discourage physicians from recording body mass index and making a formal diagnosis.

November 7th 2016

Patient-Centered Medical Homes May Improve Diabetes Care

Patient-centered medical homes may improve the performance of process measures of care for patients with type 2 diabetes, including glycated hemoglobin tests, cholesterol tests, foot examination, dilated eye examination, flu vaccination, and adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents during 1 year of follow-up.

Mike Payne Emphasizes Importance of the National Diabetes Prevention Program

November 7th 2016

Mike Payne Emphasizes Importance of the National Diabetes Prevention Program

CMS' decision to pay for the Diabetes Prevention Program marks a shift in payment models from one that originally only paid for the screening and treatment of diabetes to one that now weighs prevention just as seriously in diabetes care, Mike Payne, MBA, MSci, chief healthcare development officer at Omada Health.

This Week in Managed Care: November 4, 2016

November 4th 2016

This Week in Managed Care: November 4, 2016

This week, the top stories in managed care included the new Physicians' Fee Schedule released by CMS, a focus on a ballot question in California regarding drug spending, and Patient-Centered Oncology Care announced keynote speaker Roy Beveridge, MD.

November 4th 2016

Sanders, Cummings Request Investigation of Insulin Prices for Collusion

Laura Joszt, MA

Prices rising for the same drug across multiple pharmaceutical companies might be the result of collusion, according to a letter sent to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission from Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and Representative Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland.

November 4th 2016

Removing Protein Reverses Insulin Resistance in Mice

The study identifies a potential drug target to treat diabetes.

November 3rd 2016

Medicare Fee Schedule Reforms Payment for Behavioral Health, Chronic Disease

The Affordable Care Act called for making it easier for practices to pursue models like collaborative care by allowing physicians to bill for it.

November 3rd 2016

CMS Sets Eligibility Rules for Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program

The program has been shown to reduce by 58% the likelihood of progressing to type 2 diabetes. Reimbursement details are still being worked out, but CMS clarified that Medicare patients will not be subject to cost-sharing.

November 2nd 2016

South Ranks High in 2016 'Fattest States' Survey

The WalletHub scores examine overall obesity rates, health indicators such as diabetes and cholesterol, and habits such as fruit and vegetable consumption.

November 1st 2016

November Brings American Diabetes Month

The annual campaign from the American Diabetes Association raises awareness of the public health crisis that is diabetes and the people living with the disease.

Kristen McGovern Discusses the Reluctance to Reimburse Telemedicine

November 1st 2016

Kristen McGovern Discusses the Reluctance to Reimburse Telemedicine

Part of the reluctance to reimburse for telemedicine is that policy makers aren’t aware of the wide range of evidence that currently exists and supports increasing reimbursement for telemedicine, said Kristen McGovern, JD, partner at Sirona Strategies.

October 31st 2016

American Diabetes Association Issues Recommendations for Physical Activity, Exercise

The updated position statement comes after a wave of recent research linking long periods of sedentary activity with poor health outcomes.

October 28th 2016

Voters in Four US Cites to Weigh in on Soda Taxes

The connection between soda consumption and rising rates of diabetes and obesity has been well established. The World Health Organization has called for soda taxes and marketing limits, especially for advertising aimed at children.

October 27th 2016

More Than Half in US Have One Chronic Condition, Study Finds

The findings highlight the need for collaborative care, which has support in the proposed 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

October 26th 2016

Long-Term Exposure to Pollution Linked to Heart Disease

A new study suggests pollution particles could set into motion events like heart attacks and strokes years before they occur.

October 25th 2016

Myriad RBM, Sanofi, Reach Deal to Measure Predictive CV Markers in Diabetes Patients

Ralph McDade, PhD, Myriad RBM's president, explained earlier this year how the precision medicine approach, pioneered in oncology, was finding its way into the cardiovascular arena, and that it could ultimately lead to develop of a risk panel that would make the ELIXA trial simpler and less costly.

October 23rd 2016

Understanding How Stress Affects Poor Medication Adherence in Type 2 Diabetes

While the link between stress and medication adherence is well known, this study attempted to measure how much stress affected adherence.

October 21st 2016

AJMC in the Press, October 21, 2016

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research in the healthcare and mainstream press.

October 21st 2016

Omnipod Feasibility Study Seeks to Perfect Formulas That Will Make Artificial Pancreas Run

Current work seeks to perfect the algorithm that would someday let the insulin pump automatically make the multitude of delivery decisions that would have been made by a healthy pancreas. Advances are happening alongside a shifting landscape in payer coverage, with advocates worried that they might lack choice amid so much innovation.

October 20th 2016

What Teens Weigh Can Predict Future Diabetes Mortality, Study Finds

The study of teenagers found that the risk of early death from diabetes increased at BMI levels below the cutoff for what is considered "normal" in adults.

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