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To adapt to a new requirement this year for all US hospitals to publicly post the costs for treatment services under every insurance plan, health systems should be prepared to field the range of questions that consumers may ask on issues such as outcomes data and cost for prospective services.

Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic; President Biden orders 100 million more Johnson & Johnson vaccines; 2020 saw a 15% increase in the US death rate.

During a session presented at the America’s Health Insurance Plans National Health Policy Conference, experts laid out potential policy priorities for states in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Updated lung cancer screening recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force include 2 changes that will nearly double the number of people eligible for screening.

When comparing 1-step and 2-step approaches for diagnosing gestational diabetes among pregnant women, researchers found no significant between-group differences in the risks of primary outcomes relating to perinatal and maternal complications.

Study findings detail the researchers’ ability to prevent stroke in 11 patients ranging in age from 18 months to 15 years

Investigators sought to better understand increasing price trends, including those seen among disease-modifying drugs to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological diseases.

Heart failure has been shown to be a contributing factor in more deaths in rural vs urban counties in which cardiovascular disease was pinpointed as the underlying cause of death.

Implementation of the free My Retina Tracker Genetic Testing Study program was associated with an increased proportion of patients with inherited retinal degeneration successfully obtaining genetic testing, according to analysis results published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

A study finds type 2 diabetes associated with an increased risk of developing Parkinson disease (PD), as well as faster progression of motor symptoms in those with PD.

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests that individuals recovering from acute kidney injury stemming from COVID-19 will require kidney monitoring after they leave the hospital.

Research funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute has produced a 22-item guideline for the minimal polygenic risk score-related information that researchers should include in their studies.

Alaska removes COVID-19 vaccine eligibility restrictions; Affordable Care Act (ACA) health plan subsidies could increase under new relief bill; HHS is reviewing CDC COVID-19–related race and ethnicity data reporting.

The authors, from the National Health Council, the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases, and the Innovation and Value Initiative, unveil a project to develop a blueprint for creating patient-centered core impact sets.

Idecabtagene vicleucel induced progression-free survival up to 20 months and a complete response in one-third of patients with multiple myeloma who had relapsed multiple times and had received at least 3 previous lines of treatment.

Sachin Jain, MD, MBA, FACP, explains why health systems shouldn't be afraid to analyze health care disparities within their own institutions.

In a session presented at America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP’s) National Health Policy Conference, federal health officials and health plan representatives highlighted successes of the country’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccine rollout, placing particular emphasis on the role equity plays in distribution.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Sarah Carroll, MPH, director of the Center for Care Transformation at AVIA, discusses the challenges of implementing digital health in underserved populations and the potential of these solutions to better address health disparities in the United States.

A review of evidence finds that oxygen therapy may be beneficial for all patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, not just those who develop severe hypoxemia.

Posttraumatic headache (PTH) with a migraine phenotype is associated with persistent symptoms following concussion, compared with nonmigraine PTH or no PTH, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Many people who experience long-term symptoms from COVID-19 were asymptomatic when initially infected; COVID-19 patients with intellectual disabilities were shown to be more susceptible to hospitalization and death; the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine neutralizes the more contagious variant first identified in Brazil.

An abstract presented today at this year’s virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections lays out promising phase 1 results on a 90-day dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV prevention.

Citing 2021 as the year of the pharmacist, this year's CVS Health’s Health Trends Report discusses pressing issues for pharmacists to monitor, including availability of COVID-19 vaccines to communities nationwide, as well as integration of telehealth and behavioral health services.

Female patients and those under age 50 have a greater risk of severe asthma exacerbations and a lower health-related quality of life, despite having better lung function compared with male and older patients.

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a nationwide decrease in critical vitreoretinal surgical procedures deemed as urgent or emergent, according to findings published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

In a briefing, the White House COVID-19 Team discussed the first guidance from the CDC on activities that individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely resume, and Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gave an update on antiretroviral drug development.

The House of Representatives is expected to grant final approval to the COVID-19 relief bill by Tuesday; FDA probes major baby food companies selling products containing unsafe levels of toxic heavy metals; FDA issues emergency authorization for novel test to detect past COVID-19 infection.

Robin Gelburd, JD, president of FAIR Health, discusses the dramatic increase in telehealth claims throughout 2020.

Anita Makkenchery, MD, MPH, and Brandy Farrar, PhD, discuss how the pandemic has highlighted the need for community health workers and what sets them apart from other health care professionals.

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who are treated with selexipag within 6 months of their diagnosis had a reduced risk of morbidity/mortality compared with patients who were treated longer than 6 months after diagnosis.