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A JAMA study has found that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received noninvasive ventilation in addition to home oxygen therapy went longer without being readmitted to the hospital or dying than those who received only home oxygen therapy.

The budget bans the use of federal funds for abortion. The White House budget director said it was the first spending plan in some time written "through the eyes of the people who are paying the taxes."

A panel at the Pharmacy Quality Alliance talks about how to take patient input and turn it into meaningful measurement.

Comprehensive genetic testing using multigene testing panels for prostate cancer can arm genetic counselors with the information they need to guide precision therapy, even in men with early stage disease but a strong family history of the disease.

The findings come after other data recently showed an overall increase in diabetes incidence among youth, especially minorities.

Although each individual rare cancer affects a small percentage of patients, the collective group of 181 rare cancers is responsible for significant disease burden in the United States.

The proposed budget reportedly includes the $880 billion cut to Medicaid over 10 years that is part of the American Health Care Act. Elsewhere today, the Trump administration is expected to file for a 90-day delay in a lawsuit that could ultimately end subsidies for those buying insurance on the exchanges.

Most contracts now have penalties for not reaching targets, and adherence remains a challenge.

An analysis of discontinuation in randomized controlled trials for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has determined the main factors causing patients to drop out of clinical trials. The results were published in the International Journal of COPD.

In a wide-ranging discussion, panelists at the 12th annual meeting of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance discuss the role of pharmacy benefit managers, the prospects of changes to Medicaid, and how the cloud of uncertainty affects planning decisions.

As the weather heats up, the risk of gestational diabetes in pregnant women may rise along with the temperature, according to findings from a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

The former House healthcare expert said that changes are sure to come to the AHCA when the Senate takes up the bill, especially in the Medicaid provisions.

Every year, the week beginning with Mother’s Day is designated as National Women’s Health Week, meant to shine a spotlight on the unique health challenges affecting women in America.

A research study by scientists at Yale and Johns Hopkins has found that surgeons are influenced by their peers when it comes to the use of new imaging technologies.

This week, the top managed care stories included the White House budget director hinting at mandatory drug rebates in Medicare; a global cyberattack locked physicians out of patient records; and the National Diabetes Prevention Program released promising data from the first 4 years.

Following a whistleblower’s assertion that UnitedHealth Group was inflating Medicare diagnoses in order to get more money from the Medicare program, the US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit alleging the company knowingly inflated risk adjustment payments by making beneficiaries seem sicker than they were.

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Implementing APMs: Focus on the Oncology Care Model

On the opening day of the 12th annual meeting of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance, speaker Richard Shannon, MD, of the University of Virginia, shared how the dedication to quality must be intense and shared throughout the healthcare system.

The sharp decline in cardiovascular deaths is the good news. The connection between clusters of high death rates and high rates of poverty, limited education, poor diets, and lack of access to care remains the bad news.

A year-long collaboration between a health consultancy and a think tank has resulted in the first draft of a framework that considers the value of healthcare services from the patient’s perspective.

The FDA has expanded the approved uses of Kalydeco (ivacaftor), which is used to treat cystic fibrosis, so it can now be used by patients with any of 33 rare gene mutations.

Medical financial burden has been highest for families in the nongroup market. After the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the share of families experiencing financial burden declined 6.7 percentage points, Health Affairs study finds.

The study authors say that communities can invest in mass transit systems as a prevention tool to avoid rising rates of obesity.

With growing competition, rising drug prices, and the broad generics market, stakeholders are demanding measurable “value” in medicinal products.

A new study suggests that tai chi may be as effective as traditional therapies at reducing insomnia in breast cancer survivors.