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President Joe Biden proposes plan to tackle Medicare funding situation, testing GOP; WeightWatchers is in the process of buying telehealth company Sequence that will allow weight-loss drugs like Ozempic to be prescribed; patients experiencing long COVID-19 seem to be more likely to have gastrointestinal (GI) issues, finds a study.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Jennifer Schneider, MD, co-founder and chief executive officer of Homeward, a value-based care provider aiming to improve access to high-quality care in rural communities through tech-enabled clinical services, partnerships with local physicians and health plans, and community-level demographic data.

The growth in telehealth utilization continued an increase begun in November 2022.

The high prevalence of anxiety and depression in patients with narcolepsy suggests that a biological relationship is present between the disorders, but larger studies are needed.

Results for the STELLAR trial, presented at the 72nd American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology, hit nearly every mark: patients taking sotatercept improved their performance on a 6-minute walk test by 40.8 meters, which was the primary end point, and achieved 8 of 9 secondary end points.

A feasibility study shows many providers intended to continue using the tool, although some said they did not have sufficient time or did not need the tool.

Olalekan Ajayi, PharmD, MBA, chief operating officer of Highlands Oncology Group, PA, and 2023-2024 president-elect of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC), discusses why he is excited for this year’s meeting, including its many workshops and day 1 keynote on CRISPR.

Edward W. Boyer, MD, PhD, medical toxicologist, The Ohio State University, shares his thoughts on possible reasons why residents in East Palestine, Ohio, are reporting smelling chemicals, feeling ill, and developing rashes.

The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) 49th Annual Meeting and Cancer Center Business Summit will feature presentations and interactive workshops centered on the latest in technology, care delivery, and payment issues in oncology.

A recent study found that a latent cytomegalovirus infection can have a negative effect on mRNA vaccine responsiveness to COVID-19 infection.

Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates’ No One Left Alone initiative works to dismantle cancer health disparities and increase health care equity among its rural patient population. Sashi Naidu, MD, director of research, discusses delivering next-generation sequencing testing to patients.

Kirk Campbell, MD, FASN, vice chair for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, spoke on health equity efforts by his organization to improve clinical outcomes through demographic data collection, educational research, and workforce training.

Cyber attacks on health care are raising cyber insurance costs; Democrats and Republicans clash over what constitutes a cut vs a reform; rural hospitals begin conversion under a new federal payment program.

The new report found polygenic risk scores likely will not help identify patients at highest risk.

The findings of the ACCESS study show the complex challenge of improving medication adherence among the most fragile members of society.

Researchers retrospectively analyzed data from patients who visited 2 myeloma centers between March and October 2020, before vaccines were widely available but during large-scale implementation of regular screening processes.

Baxdrostat is a highly selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor; phase 1 studies showed that the therapy caused a sustained, dose-dependent reduction in plasma aldosterone by more than 70% without reducing cortisol.

This new study evaluated the potential impact of unmet social needs on risk of severe asthma in children.

Pegcetacoplan was approved by the FDA to treat geographic atrophy (GA), providing a treatment option for patients who previously had none, explained Eleonora Lad, MD, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology, Duke University.

The researchers used Paraphase on more than 400 samples of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) comprising 5 ethnicities.

The study also showed, despite an existing association between discrimination based on sexual orientation and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, increased resilience reduced the effects of such discrimination on PrEP use.

The risk of death among people with primary myelofibrosis (PMF) dropped by 53% after ruxolitinib’s introduction, the study found, although the data also suggested only 8.5% of patients were prescribed the drug.

A roundup of the latest biosimilar news from The Center for Biosimilars®.

Potential disparities in care highlight the great need for tailored cardiovascular health (CVH) interventions among bisexual female individuals, according to a recent study.

Eric Rackow, MD, cofounder and executive chairman of eFamilyCare, discusses the importance of virtual support for family caregivers.

Results from the CLEAR Outcomes trial were presented today at the 72nd American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology. Plans for a broader label are in the works.

Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia living in US-Mexico border regions had worse 5-year survival rates compared with children living in other parts of Texas, a recent study found.

Adherence to annual lung cancer screening was only 22.3% among more than 1 million patients who underwent baseline screening between 2015 and 2019, a study published in the journal CHEST found.

A group of dermatologists and dermatology students studied why atopic dermatitis may be related to certain cardiovascular diseases, neuropsychiatric diseases, autoimmune diseases, and obesity.

Researchers of the multicenter study looked at the effect of nusinersen among 48 patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) from 2 Italian hospitals, finding more active immune systems among the patients with SMA1, the most severe form of the disorder.