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1.5 Credits / Hematology, Hematologic Cancer, Oncology

Addressing the Gaps and Clinical Challenges in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Updates and Strategies for Managed Care

1.5 Credits / Oncology, Hematology, Hematologic Cancer

Keeping Pace With New Developments in Multiple Myeloma: Updates and Strategies to Optimize Bispecific Antibodies and CAR T-Cell Therapy

1.5 Credit / Hematologic Cancer, Oncology

Closing Gaps in CLL Care: Managed Care Insights and Strategies

1.0 Credit / Oncology, Hematology, Hematologic Cancer

ASH Annual Meeting Coverage: Highlighting the Recent Updates in TKI Use in the Treatment of CML – Insights and Application for Managed Care

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February 7th 2022

What We're Reading: COVID-19 Wastewater Monitoring; Vaccine Dose Intervals; Urban Air Pollution

The CDC's wastewater monitoring program will soon begin evaluating more water samples for COVID-19; vaccine guidance changes for individuals who are immunocompromised may be forthcoming; exposure to air pollution levels vastly greater than that advised by World Health Organization guidelines.

February 6th 2022

How Employers Can Leverage Value, Health Equity Incentives to Address Health Plan Affordability Concerns

Part 1 of a 2-part webinar series by the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions addressed issues in health care coverage affordability and how equitable health benefits and value-based design can reduce cost while improving employee engagement.

January 31st 2022

Social Determinants May Influence Health Care Utilization, Symptom Burden in Patients With Asthma and Eczema

Minority patients and those with low income were more likely than White and high-income counterparts to report adverse outcomes in the management of asthma and eczema.

January 25th 2022

How Patient Descriptors Influence Racial Bias in the Electronic Health Record

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Michael Sun, a medical student at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago, who served as first author of a Health Affairs study showing that race and bias were significantly associated with negative patient descriptors in the electronic health record.

January 23rd 2022

Contributor: Empowering Endocrinologists With Technology for the Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of NAFLD

Juan Pablo Frias, MD

In this column, an endocrinologist discusses the growing problem of liver disease and new options at their disposal, including vibration-controlled transient elastography.

January 20th 2022

For Some Toddlers, Oral Immunotherapy Led to Remission for Peanut Allergy

For the first time, a major study showed that remission for peanut allergy can be achieved even in very young children using oral immunotherapy.

January 18th 2022

What We're Reading: Fourth Shot Less Effective Against Omicron; Texas Abortion Law Remains; Spending on Unproven COVID-19 Drug

Israeli study finds the added antibody protection from a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose is not enough to prevent Omicron infection; Texas abortion law remains in effect after appeals court ruling; insurer spending for the unproven COVID-19 drug ivermectin was estimated at $2.5 million for a week last summer.

January 13th 2022

Air Pollution Exposure Found to Exacerbate Severity of Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps

Short-term exposure to several different types of air pollution was found to significantly increase disease severity in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

January 13th 2022

Greater Risk of COVID-19 Infection Found in Patients With Atopic Dermatitis

Patients with atopic dermatitis were shown to be more likely to receive a COVID-19 diagnosis than the general population.

January 11th 2022

Atopic Dermatitis Associated With Behavioral Issues in Children and Adolescents

Children and adolescents with atopic dermatitis (AD) tended to have a higher number of delinquent behaviors than those without AD, including fighting, cheating on exams, and suspension.

January 10th 2022

What We're Reading: Supreme Court Vaccine Mandate Hearings; Rise in Pediatric COVID-19 Hospitalizations; Exercise and Dementia Risk

President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for large businesses was met with skepticism from the conservative-majority Supreme Court; COVID-19 hospitalization rates are rising for young children not yet eligible for vaccination; exercise is shown to lower risk of dementia even in those already presenting with symptoms.

January 8th 2022

CVS Health’s Theresa Juday on How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Can Ameliorate Health Disparities

Theresa Juday, RPh, director, Specialty Product Development, CVS Health, discusses the potential of cognitive behavioral therapy to address health disparities in underserved communities.

January 5th 2022

Study Supports Call for Geographically Tailored Diabetes Care Interventions

Gianna Melillo

Patients with diabetes living in rural or deprived regions in the United States are less likely to achieve optimal care for their condition, according to a new cross-sectional study.

January 4th 2022

What We're Reading: US Sets Global Record of COVID-19 Cases; Booster Eligibility Expanded; Israel Administers Fourth Vaccine Dose

US cases of COVID-19 surge to record levels; FDA expands eligibility for Pfizer/BioNTech booster doses to children ages 12 to 15 years old; Israeli study finds fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine effective and safe.

January 3rd 2022

What We're Reading: 5-Day Quarantine Guidance; Ban on Surprise Medical Billing; Booster Impact on Global Vaccine Supply

Anthony Fauci, MD, said the CDC is considering changes to its guidance requiring a negative COVID-19 test after 5-day quarantine; bipartisan legislation banning surprise medical billing goes into effect; booster vaccine programs may be limiting global vaccine supply for low- and middle-income countries.

December 31st 2021

AJMC® Conversations: BCBS NC and Newton Family Physicians—Turning to Prevention

This 8-part conversation with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and Newton Family Physicians, moderated by The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), focuses on the role of value-based care, independent care practices, and other aspects of health care that have been and continue to be affected by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, even as we enter 2022. This is part 8.

December 31st 2021

AJMC® Conversations: BCBS NC and Newton Family Physicians—Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health

AJMC® Conversations: BCBS NC and Newton Family Physicians—Aligning Incentives to Lower Costs

December 31st 2021

AJMC® Conversations: BCBS NC and Newton Family Physicians—Replenishing the Health Care Workforce

December 31st 2021

AJMC® Conversations: BCBS NC and Newton Family Physicians—Impact of Value-Based Care on Primary Care

December 31st 2021

AJMC® Conversations: BCBS NC and Newton Family Physicians—The Pandemic and Primary Care

December 31st 2021

Psoriasis Severity, Treatment Outcomes Differ Across US Regions

December 27th 2021

Psoriasis severity and treatment outcomes were found to differ across US geographic regions, in which the East South Central and West South Central regions were associated with the greatest frequencies of very severe disease burden and decreased likelihood of achieving targeted response within 6 months of initiating biologic therapy.

December 23rd 2021

Past, Present, and Future of Workplace Mental Health: How Employers Are Responding

Key opinion leaders discuss the state of mental health in the US workforce, persistent unmet needs, and efforts to improve coverage and uptake of behavioral health services.

December 22nd 2021

Tobacco Exposure May Increase Psoriasis Risk in Children

Childhood psoriasis was found to be significantly associated with environmental tobacco smoke exposure, whereas intrauterine smoking exposure was not associated with an increased risk in pediatric populations.

December 21st 2021

Dr Peter Hotez on Combatting Antivaccination Beliefs and Rescuing Public Health From Politics

Maggie L. Shaw Allison Inserro

In an interview conducted before the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant began driving another wave of infections, Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, FASTMH, discussed the struggle public health officials and scientists have in fighting false beliefs about vaccinations.

December 20th 2021

What We're Reading: Overcounted Vaccination Rates; School-Based Therapy; Moderna to Develop Omicron Booster