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Medicaid expansion was associated with a decrease in nonprofit hospitals’ burden of providing uncompensated care, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. However, hospitals did not redirect this financial relief toward spending on additional community benefits.

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), cost can play a role in patient adherence to medication, but the presence of comorbidities does not impact cost of care for patients, according to 2 abstracts presented at the Virtual 2020 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research meeting.

A comprehensive workplace wellness program was shown to increase the proportion of employees with a designated primary care physician and improve employee beliefs on their own health. However, no significant effects were observed on physical health outcomes, rates of medical diagnoses, or health care service use, according to study findings published this week.

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Clinicians use the presence or absence of minimal residual disease as a metric by which to judge the efficacy of therapy in patients with hematological malignancies. A new review article interrogates whether that approach aligns with patient-centered outcomes.

A bill introduced yesterday by Representative Maxine Waters, with support from the American Diabetes Association, would eliminate cost sharing for patients with diabetes requiring insulin amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic; White House officials have decided to not release economic projections this summer for the first time since the 1970s; CDC provides recommendations for employers returning to the workplace.

Following decades that saw its popularity dwindle in favor of subpectoral breast reconstruction, prepectoral breast reconstruction is once again on the rise.

This week, the top managed care news included lower insulin costs for seniors in certain plans; discussions on the future of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act; takeaways from Sharecare's Flatten the Curve Survey.

The life expectancy of a person living with HIV is approaching that of the general, seronegative population. However, changes to the bacterial environment of the intestinal tract combined with age-associated noncommunicable diseases can lead to chronic inflammation and higher rates of death.

New advances in therapy have led to better long-term survival rates in patients with hematologic malignancies, but there are some caveats to the good news.

Despite some clues, scientists don’t yet understand which patients with psoriasis are likely to eventually develop psoriatic arthritis; solving that riddle could have major impacts on patient care.

Discontinuation of ruxolitinib was associated with increased morbidity burden and worse outcomes among patients with myelofibrosis.

Heart failure is a complicated disease to manage, requiring coordination of these outcomes-related measurements: weight, blood pressure, glycemic index, and medication and diet adherence. Close to half of all patients do not reach the 5-year survival mark after the condition is diagnosed.

Researchers in India were able to successfully use retinal diagnostics via smartphone adaptors to detect a diabetes-related eye disease, according to a study published in Ophthalmology.

A new study that looks at the long-term effects of dimethyl fumarate finds the therapy is safe and effective in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis who have taken the therapy for approximately a decade.

To help patients and their caregivers cope, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) this week completed a 3-book series that explains care and management options for those with head and neck cancer.

A new study highlights medical associations' financial ties with pharmaceutical and device companies; CDC data finds nearly 300 health care personnel have died of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); the federal government is permitting methadone deliveries for those with opioid use disorder or addiction.

Close to 40 million individuals are infected with HIV globally. A new study describes how some have a higher risk for a first venous thromboembolism that is 2 to 10 times above that of the general population.

In the 2 decades following their diagnosis for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), women in a study out of England demonstrated a greater risk of invasive breast cancer and mortality compared with the general population. Overall, DCIS represents close to 20% of screening-detected breast cancers every year.

To safely accommodate the return of employees to the workplace amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, employers have formed multidisciplinary task forces to address issues related to risk, testing, and impact on behavioral and physical health, said Michael Thompson, president and CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.

Fresenius Kabi is hoping to position itself in the US biosimilar market.

According to study findings, continuous duodenal levodopa/carbidopa infusion was indicated as the most expensive second-line therapy in advanced stage Parkinson disease compared with deep brain stimulation and continuous subcutaneous apomorphine infusion.

Surgical decompression of supraorbital and supratrochlear nerves may aid migraineurs experiencing moderate to severe chronic frontal migraine who do not respond to medications, according to a study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS) Global Open.

Only half of US adults say they would receive a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine should it become available; diagnoses of colorectal cancer fell during March and April; slow uptake led to delays in a child hunger prevention program.

Pulmonary rehabilitation can offer many of the same ideas to patients that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can, even inadvertently, the study authors said.

The Association of Accessible Medicines (AAM), which supports biosimilar development, argues that even if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is overturned by the Supreme Court later this year, the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) is severable and should survive.

To aid in the treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD), women are more likely to use preventive measures while men are typically treated with surgical interventions. Women are also less likely to die from CVD than men, according to recent study results published in The Lancet.

President Trump announced the plan today at the White House, accompanied by insulin manufacturers Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi, as well as AHIP and major health plans.

There has been an uneven distribution of bailout funds among economically disparate hospitals under the CARES Act; people are medicating as a result of increasing stress from the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic; the World Health Organization stops trials of hydroxychloroquine.

Migraineurs’ brains experience disrupted functional connectivity (FC) between subregions in the sensorimotor areas and cortex, according to a study published in The Journal of Headache and Pain.