Health Care Cost

The most-read articles addressing mental health in 2024 spanned therapeutic advancements, research discoveries, and insight into enhanced practice guidelines.

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Rachael Drake, pharmacy technician coordinator, University of Kansas Health System, explains how her team collaborates with insurance companies and providers to support treatment access for patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Among the most-read coverage for the annual meeting were presentations on the potential and costs of cell and gene therapies, the latest trends in the industry, and pharmacogenomic testing in mental health.

The health care provisions include key reforms targeting pharmacy benefit managers, extensions of Medicare telehealth flexibilities, and measures aimed at combating the opioid crisis and preparing for future pandemics.

Throughout 2024, the Center on Health Equity & Access explored critical gaps in health care access and innovative efforts to address them.

The most-read obesity articles of 2024 mostly focused on insurance coverage of weight loss medications and costs.

Since its founding in 2012, the National Association of ACOs has evolved from a group of 30 to 477 accountable care organization members covering 9.2 million beneficiary lives.

This year’s top diabetes content focused on pediatric metabolic health, misconceptions about weight loss drugs, and more.

Recent analyses spotlight inequities in health care, from the financial burdens faced by employees at small firms due to higher insurance costs to disparities in data and ovarian cancer survival among racial and ethnic groups.

Multicancer early detection testing results in extended life-years and reduced cancer treatment costs through earlier diagnosis, leading to a cost-effective option in cancer screening.

A new report from The Commonwealth Fund compares trends in health plan spending and employee costs for 2014 through 2023 between small and large businesses, taking into account plan premiums, employee contributions, and deductibles. It also highlights that although small firms do not even have to offer health benefits, large firms are required to do so by the Affordable Care Act.

A trio of experts discuss the importance of early diagnosis, treatment barriers, and therapies in the pipeline for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

Using direct oral anticoagulants as a case study, the authors examined how delayed adoption of novel treatments could impact patient health outcomes and cost.

Implementing an individualized starting dose (ISD) of niraparib (Zejula; GSK) reduced severe hematologic adverse event (AE) management costs by 48% compared with a fixed starting dose (FSD) in US patients with ovarian cancer.

Among commercial and Medicare supplemental beneficiaries with cost sharing, higher out-of-pocket spending for the first cardiac rehabilitation session was associated with lower program adherence.

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This commentary, part of the Price Crisis campaign, calls for state and federal policy interventions that are needed to rebalance the market to enhance competition and provide value in health care.

Insurance hurdles worsen delays, force abandoned treatments, and result in hospitalizations and deaths, radiation oncologists report nationwide.

Older adults in the United States are disproportionately affected by health care costs compared with their counterparts in other wealthy nations.

Gene therapies can be life-changing for people, but the high cost plus the burden of treatment remain barriers to access and utilization, explained Kevin Niehoff, PharmD, BCMAS, of IPD Analytics.

Cancer drug prices rose post-launch in the US, while they declined in Germany and Switzerland.

Matias Sanchez, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago, discussed recent advancements in multiple myeloma treatment, including the potential of cell therapies and bispecific antibodies.

The Center on Health Equity & Access highlights news and expert insights on research, social determinants of health, and health policy.