Health Care Delivery

Lipoprotein a (Lp[a]) is a valuable tool for assessing a patient's risk of cardiovascular disease, which can facilitate earlier intervention efforts and reduce health care costs, argued Jeremy Wigginton, MD.

Taxing imports to the US could spell major consequences for health care prices, innovation, and access, as a great amount of medical supplies and ingredients are manufactured overseas.

A higher percentage of accountable care organization (ACO) primary care providers was associated with physician leadership, upside financial risk, and financial compensation of physicians tied to performance measures.

The Center on Health Equity & Access delves into the latest policy shifts, research, and expert perspectives on advancing equity and improving access to care.

Addressing the accessibility and high costs of chimeric antibody receptor (CAR) T-cell and bispecific therapies is crucial for maximizing their impact in multiple myeloma (MM).

Findings from the SUMMIT, Altshock-2, and FAIR-HF2 trials were presented at the American College of Cardiology 2025 Annual Scientific Session.

Accessing equitable health care is an ongoing struggle in the US for minority communities due to historical pretexts with new setbacks surfacing as recent administrative changes emerge, highlighting the urgent need for continued advocacy during National Minority Health Month.

Countries located in sub-Saharan Africa would be most affected by all funding cuts to the international HIV response.

Care coordination engagement increases over time in long-term high-cost, high-need patients, with no identifiable data-driven times for when to initiate patient care de-escalation.

Patient-reported outcomes measures in generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) are more important than ever, for both those treating and being treated for the chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disorder, to have a more nuanced understanding of experiences and difficulties.

Mobile self-management programs like that offered by Hello Heart can benefit employers and patients alike as they seek to manage and prevent heart disease.

This commentary explores the current state, challenges, and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care revenue cycle management, emphasizing collaboration, data standardization, and targeted implementation to enhance adoption.

Social determinants of health been long understood to influence health outcomes, and this new analysis explores more deeply the link between social risk exposure and rates of health care resource utilization.

To mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), each issue in 2025 will include a special feature: reflections from a thought leader on what has changed—and what has not—over the past 3 decades and what’s next for managed care. The April issue features a conversation with Hoangmai H. Pham, MD, MPH, a member of AJMC’s editorial board and the president and CEO of the Institute for Exceptional Care (IEC).

Strategies to enhance virtual care through quality assurance frameworks, technological innovation, and provider support were laid out in a pair of posters presented at the recent AMGA Annual Conference.

Mapping care management needs by defining patient populations and then stratifying them according to risk and their needs can help to spur the transformation of a siloed health care system into an integrated system that is able to better provide holistic, value-based care despite the many transitions that continue among hospital, primary, specialty, and community care environments.

Keep up with the latest moves made in health policy under President Donald Trump's second administration. This timeline will be updated as orders and policy progress.

Medication nonadherence to oral anticoagulants and oral anti–prostate cancer medication has been scrutinized through new research conducted among patients and health care providers and presented by the American Medical Group Association at its 2025 annual meeting, held March 26-29 in Grapevine, Texas.

Weight loss is a key effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), but these drugs may also provide liver health benefits independent of this mechanism.

In the wake of the 2025 measles outbreak and lingering vaccine hesitancy, here are 5 things to know about the safety, efficacy, myths, and more related to childhood vaccinations.

Documentation efficiency was higher among younger and male clinicians.

A new Commonwealth Fund report estimates that states' collective gross domestic products would shrink by $95 billion, with total economic output declining by $157 billion.

The Trump administration has expressed interest in eliminating or changing the Division of HIV Prevention in the CDC, which could introduce gaps in addressing the HIV epidemic.

Best practices can help MA plans improve their Star Ratings performance while allow for strategies for medication adherence to grow.

Ajai Chari, MD, stresses the importance of making bispecific therapies more accessible at the community level to improve outcomes in multiple myeloma.

New topline data from the Launch-HTN (NCT06153693) and Advance-HTN (NCT06153693) clinical trials show these investigations met their primary end points os statistically significant reductions in systolic blood pressure.

Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] plays a key role in assessing cardiovascular risk, making awareness efforts equally essential for prevention and early intervention.

This commentary explains why comparing a launch price with a value-based price from a cost-effectiveness analysis requires further examination.

In a recent decision, the FDA approved vutrisiran (amvuttra), making it the only approved therapy for adults with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) or wild-type cardiomyopathy.

Ajai Chari, MD, University of California San Francisco, explores the challenges that accompany integrating chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies into multiple myeloma treatment.