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The news comes the week of the 10th anniversary of Amy Tenderich's famous "Open Letter to Steve Jobs," which called on the tech giant to bring innnovation and better design to diabetes products.

Full recognition is key as the provider of the Diabetes Prevention Program awaits rules for Medicare reimbursement. CMS will offer the program to Medicare beneficiaries in 2018.

Considering people spend two-thirds of their lives where they live, the quality of housing and the state of their neighborhood can play a large role in well-being and cause poor health. A new report from Urban Institute took a look at the impact of blighted properties and policy and program recommendations that can help communities make housing and neighborhoods healthier.

Two pieces of legislation, a federal bill in the US Senate and a state bill in Pennsylvania, would attempt to alleviate physician shortages in some underserved areas.

A new study has explored factors that impact patient adherence to oral chemotherapy regimens and found that improved satisfaction with their treatment and clinician was most strongly linked to better adherence.

Adding a test that evaluates stool samples for DNA and protein biomarkers to the list of tools providers can use to boost quality ratings is seen as an additional boost for Cologuard.

The lead study author said the findings are important to help medical professionals identify teens most at risk of developing diabetes or cardiovascular disease as adults.

A pair of studies published in JAMA Internal Medicine investigated the incidence of low-value care by practice ownership and location and in practices serving safety-net populations, highlighting important opportunities to reduce unnecessary spending.

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found that the extent to which clinicians follow breast cancer screening guidelines for patients of different ages varies by their specialty and by which set of recommendations they trust most.

Exposure to tobacco smoke as a fetus or during early childhood can cause genetic changes that can increase a child’s risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Researchers developed a new framework that can predict long-term outcomes of different therapeutic options for Gaucher disease type 1.

CMS sent a letter to the nation's governors last March stating it was willing to look at work requirements in upcoming waivers.

CMS has announced which community organizations will participate in the Accountable Health Communities model established by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. The model aims to address the complex social needs impacting beneficiaries’ health by strengthening a support network of clinical and community services.

A new study finds that women with ovarian cancer who were black or Hispanic tended to undergo more aggressive treatment and were less likely to receive hospice services at the end of life.

A new study published in Clinical Cancer Research provides evidence that researchers can use biomarkers to identify patients whose tumors will grow at a faster rate following immunotherapy treatment.

The small study found that elementary-school age children spent less time out of range while using the artificial pancreas system. The first product meeting the defintion of "artificial pancreas" will be available for adults from Medtronic this summer.

Hispanics and blacks with colorectal cancer report a higher burden of poor health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) compared with white patients, according to study results presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

A new study in the Annals of Family Medicine, compared 11 countries and found that the US has the highest rate of poor primary care coordination. In order to better care for a growing younger, chronically ill population, the US healthcare system will need to be redesigned, the authors concluded.

More than 10,000 mental health applications exist, but there is no formal system to weed out unsafe apps from those that are evidence-based.

Following a partisan battle and a year of contention following the death of Anton Scalia, the Senate has confirmed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States. With nearly all Democrats voting against confirmation, the Senate voted along party lines to eliminate the filibuster for Supreme Court confirmations so Gorsuch could be confirmed with only 54 senators supporting him.

In a reversal of previous policy, the FDA has announced it will allow the genetic testing company 23andMe to market its DNA tests directly to consumers.

This week, the top stories in managed care included the president's pick to lead the FDA testified before a Senate committee; Mylan recalls EpiPen batches and faces a class action lawsuit; and a study ties being a night owl to increased depression in patients with diabetes.

Support for the ACA has grown, but more Republicans want to fix it than before, which may explain why Congress and President Donald Trump keep looking for a deal.

Research presented this week at the 99th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society suggested that people with type 2 diabetes who worked overnight shifts tend to have poorer control over their blood sugar levels than those who worked during the day or were unemployed.

Clinical pathways can successfully be used to drive physicians to choose a less costly regimen when the efficacy and toxicity of different treatment regimens for metastatic colorectal cancer are comparable, according to a study in the Journal of Oncology Practice.