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Adding more states and conditions to the Medicare Advantage value-based insurance design model will allow CMS to reach a more diverse group of plans and patients, in both rural and urban settings.

An expert panel convened by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has issued a new clinical practice guideline on management of chronic pain in adult cancer survivors.

What we're reading, August 11, 2016: hospitals are throwing out less-than-perfect organs and refusing transplants; why an increasing reliance on hospitalists is bad for comprehensive care; and removing the roadbloack to marijuana research.

The institute is part of a planned development by Joseph Canizaro, who grew up in Biloxi and has transformed New Orleans' skyline over 4 decades.

What we're reading, August 10, 2016: mortality rate in the United States declines after 2015's increase; infant death in Texas linked to Zika virus; and Ohio colleges drop student health insurance due to Obamacare provisions.

Computed tomography (CT) scans, a common imaging modality, can increase a person's risk of developing cancer later in life.

Higher levels of activity were associated with a significantly lowered risk for outcomes in 5 common chronic diseases; however, the largest gains were made at lower levels of activity with diminishing gains as activity levels increased.

The step comes in the wake of reports from Pro Publica, which found 47 incidents since 2012, and signs the problem was getting worse.

At the 2015 Patient-Centered Oncology Care meeting, Julie M. Vose, MD, MBA, FASCO, president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, gave the keynote speech and discussed the burden facing providers today to reach the goal of the triple aim.

Health insurance status can have a big impact on a person’s health outcomes after they are diagnosed with cancer, according to 2 new studies published in CANCER.

Medicaid expansion programs in Arkansas and Kentucky were found to be equally effective at improving healthcare access for the target population. Both programs face revisions following the election of Republican governors, who want to add work requirements.

The study reveals the importance of a taking a precision medicine approach to diabetes care.

A recent Jackson Healthcare report on physician trends found that 85% of providers have adopted electronic health records (EHR) systems. However, provider satisfaction with their EHR systems has been declining.

What we're reading, August 9, 2016: tying drug costs to outcomes is the future of drug pricing; Walgreens expands drug take-back kiosk program; patients with atrial fibrillation need to consult a second doctor before receiving a new medical device.

Researchers at the Thomas Jefferson University have developed an online decision-support tool called the Decision Counseling Program that can help for men diagnosed with localized, low-risk prostate cancer make treatment choices.

Healthcare may not be the leading focus in the 2016 presidential race, but the candidates agree that there are issues that need to be addressed. This infographic breaks the difference between health policy proposals from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The GAO report suggests that states will not be allowed to use the 1332 "superwaiver" process to roll back Medicaid coverage.

What the proposed rules say about ensuring access to all Medicare beneficiaries who need to avoid diabetes.

While the online tools makes clear consumers can use it without obligation, the therapy section give patients information on AstraZeneca products.

What we're reading, August 8, 2016: a new Medicare law would require hospitals to notify patients about loopholes in nursing home coverage; e-cigarette makers flooded the market ahead of new regulation implementation; and California bill on nurse-midwife independents causes controversy.

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and large employer organizations are taking measures to save healthcare costs in 2017, and for PBMs, formulary exclusions is a fool-proof tactic.

Between 1997 and 2011 there was a nearly 50% drop in emergency department mortality rates for US adults, most likely because of advances in palliative, prehospital, and emergency care.

Advances in information technology is enabling peope to collect and store more health information than every before. How can we harness these valuable insights to help people with chronic disease live longer, healthier, happier lives?

This week, the top stories in managed care included penalties for more than half the nation's hospitals for readmissions, CMS announced the markets to participate in Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, and Express Scripts released its formulary for 2017, which excluded 85 of the 3900 drugs on the market.

A review of press coverage of our peer-reviewed studies and news items.

The 2016 presidential race has been mostly about the candidates' personal qualities and less about their policies. But that doesn't mean Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton don't have debate-worthy ideas in their healthcare platforms.

Walking briskly on a regular basis may be more effective than vigorous jogging for improving glucose control in people with pre-diabetes, according to new research published in Diabetologia.

Nivolumab failed to perform better than chemotherapy in patients with squamous as well as non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

What we're reading, August 5, 2016: judge assigned to Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana cases said he would likely only rule on one by the end of 2016; aversion to late-term abortion plummets when Zika infection is a factor; and the National Institutes of Health proposes lifting ban on research funds for human-animal stem cell research.

Scientists at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that certain genes involved in metabolic processes are upregulated in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who are resistant to nivolumab.