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Oral Therapy for Chronic Weight Management - Qsymia® (phentermine and topiramate extended-release) capsules
04/22/2013
The FDA approved Qsymia® (phentermine and topiramate extended-release) capsules in July 2012 as an adjunct to a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in people with a body mass index ≥30 kg/m2...
The FDA approved Qsymia® (phentermine and topiramate extended-release) capsules in July 2012 as an adjunct to a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity for chronic weight management in people with a body mass index ≥30 kg/m2...
The FDA approved Qsymia®...
04/22/2013
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Department
Infliximab for Treatment-Resistant Depression
04/22/2013
Kevin L. Carter
About one third of depressed patients fail to respond to conventional antidepressant medication. It is believed that inflammation is a possible mechanism that contributes to this treatment resistance. A number of inflammatory biomarkers...
About one third of depressed patients fail to respond to conventional antidepressant medication. It is believed that inflammation is a possible mechanism that contributes to this treatment resistance. A number of inflammatory biomarkers...
About one third of depressed...
04/22/2013
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Cardiovascular Events and Polycythemia Vera
04/22/2013
Kevin L. Carter
Polycythemia vera is a rare hematologic neoplasm characterized by clonal proliferation of multipotent bone marrow progenitors, leading to abnormal production of erythroid cells and an increased red-cell mass. Acquired mutations in JAK2 (JAK2...
Polycythemia vera is a rare hematologic neoplasm characterized by clonal proliferation of multipotent bone marrow progenitors, leading to abnormal production of erythroid cells and an increased red-cell mass. Acquired mutations in JAK2 (JAK2...
Polycythemia vera is a rare...
04/22/2013
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Costs of Biologics to Treat Psoriasis
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
Miami Beach—During a 10-year period, the average direct costs per patient with moderate-to-severe psoriasis who took biologics were nearly $200,000 regardless of the drug they were prescribed, while productivity losses averaged around...
Miami Beach—During a 10-year period, the average direct costs per patient with moderate-to-severe psoriasis who took biologics were nearly $200,000 regardless of the drug they were prescribed, while productivity losses averaged around...
Miami Beach—During a 10-year...
04/22/2013
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Analysis of Acitretin to Treat Psoriasis
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
Miami Beach—An analysis of national survey data found that patients with psoriasis typically use acitretin in combination with other agents. However, women of childbearing potential are typically not prescribed the drug due to serious side...
Miami Beach—An analysis of national survey data found that patients with psoriasis typically use acitretin in combination with other agents. However, women of childbearing potential are typically not prescribed the drug due to serious side...
Miami Beach—An analysis of...
04/22/2013
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Patients with TTR Amyloidosis Using Pacemakers
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
San Francisco—Patients with transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis who had pacemakers were more likely to be older and male, and have greater beta-blocker use, greater left ventricular septal thickness, and higher brain natriuretic peptide levels...
San Francisco—Patients with transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis who had pacemakers were more likely to be older and male, and have greater beta-blocker use, greater left ventricular septal thickness, and higher brain natriuretic peptide levels...
San Francisco—Patients with...
04/22/2013
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PCI versus Pharmaco-Invasive Regimen in STEMI Patients
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
San Francisco—Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated at community hospitals or in ambulances had similar results whether they underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or received a pharmaco-invasive...
San Francisco—Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated at community hospitals or in ambulances had similar results whether they underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or received a pharmaco-invasive...
San Francisco—Patients with...
04/22/2013
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Integrated Healthcare System’s Effect on Clinical and Economic Results
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
San Francisco—A retrospective cohort study found that for patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, a closed system healthcare model was associated with significantly lower costs compared with an open system model over a 12-month...
San Francisco—A retrospective cohort study found that for patients with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, a closed system healthcare model was associated with significantly lower costs compared with an open system model over a 12-month...
San Francisco—A retrospective...
04/22/2013
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Ranolazine for Type 2 Diabetes, Coronary Artery Disease, and Chronic Stable Angina
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
San Francisco—Patients with type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, and chronic stable angina who took ranolazine had fewer angina episodes and fewer sublingual nitroglycerin dosages compared with a group receiving placebo, according to a...
San Francisco—Patients with type 2 diabetes, coronary artery disease, and chronic stable angina who took ranolazine had fewer angina episodes and fewer sublingual nitroglycerin dosages compared with a group receiving placebo, according to a...
San Francisco—Patients with type...
04/22/2013
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Eplerenone in STEMI Patients with No History of Heart Failure
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
San Francisco—After a mean follow-up of 10.5 months, patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who, having no diagnosis of heart failure, took eplerenone in addition to standard treatment had a significant...
San Francisco—After a mean follow-up of 10.5 months, patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who, having no diagnosis of heart failure, took eplerenone in addition to standard treatment had a significant...
San Francisco—After a mean...
04/22/2013
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Cangrelor in Patients Undergoing Coronary Stent Procedures
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
San Francisco—Patients undergoing coronary stent procedures who received cangrelor had a significant, 22% odds reduction in the primary end point of death, myocardial infarction, ischemia-driven revascularization, or stent thrombosis compared...
San Francisco—Patients undergoing coronary stent procedures who received cangrelor had a significant, 22% odds reduction in the primary end point of death, myocardial infarction, ischemia-driven revascularization, or stent thrombosis compared...
San Francisco—Patients...
04/22/2013
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Major Bleeding in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
San Francisco—A retrospective analysis of healthcare claims for commercially insured and Medicare Advantage enrollees found that patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who had major bleeding had substantially higher healthcare costs...
San Francisco—A retrospective analysis of healthcare claims for commercially insured and Medicare Advantage enrollees found that patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who had major bleeding had substantially higher healthcare costs...
San Francisco—A retrospective...
04/22/2013
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Heart Valve System for Patients with Aortic Stenosis
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
San Francisco—A randomized, controlled trial found that patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis who are not candidates for surgery had similar rates of death and stroke and reduced vascular complications at 30 days if they used the...
San Francisco—A randomized, controlled trial found that patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis who are not candidates for surgery had similar rates of death and stroke and reduced vascular complications at 30 days if they used the...
San Francisco—A randomized,...
04/22/2013
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Quality Measures to Assess Quality of Neonatal ICUs
04/22/2013
Mary Beth Nierengarten
Results of a study show that individual measures of quality provide only a modest association with overall quality of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Results of a study show that individual measures of quality provide only a modest association with overall quality of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Results of a study show that...
04/22/2013
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News Connection
The ACA and New Private Health Insurance Market Rules
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes changes to the rules that govern private health insurance. The rules were changed in an effort to promote broader pooling of risk, ban discrimination on the basis of health status...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes changes to the rules that govern private health insurance. The rules were changed in an effort to promote broader pooling of risk, ban discrimination on the basis of health status...
The Patient Protection and...
04/22/2013
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Quality Improvement in Care Transitions in Medicare Beneficiaries
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
Medicare beneficiaries often receive healthcare services from multiple clinicians in various healthcare settings, making improvements in the quality of transitions in care particularly important in this population. Previous models for...
Medicare beneficiaries often receive healthcare services from multiple clinicians in various healthcare settings, making improvements in the quality of transitions in care particularly important in this population. Previous models for...
Medicare beneficiaries often...
04/22/2013
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Breast Cancer Incidence in the United States, 1976-2009
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in the United States among adolescent and young adult women 15 to 39 years of age and accounts for 14% of all cancer among men and women in that age group. In 2008, the individual average risk...
Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor in the United States among adolescent and young adult women 15 to 39 years of age and accounts for 14% of all cancer among men and women in that age group. In 2008, the individual average risk...
Breast cancer is the most common...
04/22/2013
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Medicare Costs for Breast Cancer Screening
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
The complete understanding of the cost of breast cancer should include the cost of screening as well as that of treatment, according to researchers. There is a large body of evidence related to Medicare expenditures for the treatment of...
The complete understanding of the cost of breast cancer should include the cost of screening as well as that of treatment, according to researchers. There is a large body of evidence related to Medicare expenditures for the treatment of...
The complete understanding of...
04/22/2013
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Treatment for Localized Prostate Cancer: Long-Term Functional Outcomes
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
Regardless of choice of treatment, patients with clinically localized prostate cancer have a favorable long-term and cancer-specific rate of survival. Because there are no completed, long-term trials designed to compare survival outcomes with...
Regardless of choice of treatment, patients with clinically localized prostate cancer have a favorable long-term and cancer-specific rate of survival. Because there are no completed, long-term trials designed to compare survival outcomes with...
Regardless of choice of...
04/22/2013
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Thirty Years of Screening Mammography and Breast Cancer Incidence
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
In order for screening to reduce the cancer mortality rate, the screening must advance the time of diagnosis of cancers that are destined to cause death, and early treatment of those cancers must create some advantage over treatment at...
In order for screening to reduce the cancer mortality rate, the screening must advance the time of diagnosis of cancers that are destined to cause death, and early treatment of those cancers must create some advantage over treatment at...
In order for screening to reduce...
04/22/2013
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Antihypertensive Drugs and Risk of Hip Fracture in the Elderly
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
Researchers assessed the association between antihypertensive drugs and the increase in risk of hip fracture in community-dwelling elderly persons.
Researchers assessed the association between antihypertensive drugs and the increase in risk of hip fracture in community-dwelling elderly persons.
Researchers assessed the...
04/22/2013
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Snapshot from 2012 Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits Survey
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
In 2012, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) conducted a survey of employers to identify trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing...
In 2012, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) conducted a survey of employers to identify trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing...
In 2012, the Henry J. Kaiser...
04/22/2013
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Job Loss Raises Cardiovascular Risk
04/22/2013
Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
Results from a large cohort study using multivariate models showed that unemployment status, multiple job losses, and short-term periods without work are all significant risk factors for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during the nearly...
Results from a large cohort study using multivariate models showed that unemployment status, multiple job losses, and short-term periods without work are all significant risk factors for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) during the nearly...
Results from a large cohort...
04/22/2013
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Technology Pulse
Cost Comparison: Robotic Thyroidectomy versus Standard Open Thyroidectomy
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
The use of a robotic system such as the da Vinci® Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.) has grown in the years since its creation. Surgical fields utilizing a robotic system include urology, gynecology, cardiac surgery, and general...
The use of a robotic system such as the da Vinci® Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.) has grown in the years since its creation. Surgical fields utilizing a robotic system include urology, gynecology, cardiac surgery, and general...
The use of a robotic system such...
04/22/2013
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Preventable Hospital Readmissions among Medicare Beneficiaries
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
Reducing preventable hospital readmissions is part of a federal strategy to create incentives to improve quality of care. In an effort to lower hospital readmission rates, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reports...
Reducing preventable hospital readmissions is part of a federal strategy to create incentives to improve quality of care. In an effort to lower hospital readmission rates, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly reports...
Reducing preventable hospital...
04/22/2013
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Intrauterine System Eases Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
04/22/2013
Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
For women presenting to their primary care providers with menorrhagia, the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (IUS) leads to greater improvement in alleviating the adverse effects on daily life of heavy menstrual bleeding compared...
For women presenting to their primary care providers with menorrhagia, the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (IUS) leads to greater improvement in alleviating the adverse effects on daily life of heavy menstrual bleeding compared...
For women presenting to their...
04/22/2013
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Surveillance for Gallbladder Polyps
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
Up to 95% of lesions seen on ultrasonography (USS) are benign. Certain polyps, in particular adenomas of the gallbladder, may carry neoplastic potential, according to researchers. Although these represent the minority of gallbladder polyps,...
Up to 95% of lesions seen on ultrasonography (USS) are benign. Certain polyps, in particular adenomas of the gallbladder, may carry neoplastic potential, according to researchers. Although these represent the minority of gallbladder polyps,...
Up to 95% of lesions seen on...
04/22/2013
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Excessive Acetaminophen Dosing Prevalent in Hospitals
04/22/2013
Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
Acetaminophen is one of the most commonly used medications for relieving pain and reducing fever, but it is also the leading cause of acute liver failure. The results of a retrospective study found that at least 4% of all hospitalized...
Acetaminophen is one of the most commonly used medications for relieving pain and reducing fever, but it is also the leading cause of acute liver failure. The results of a retrospective study found that at least 4% of all hospitalized...
Acetaminophen is one of the most...
04/22/2013
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Hospital-Based Acute Care 30 Days Postdischarge
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
One factor increasingly being used as a marker of the quality of care provided by hospitals to inpatients is the facility’s rate of readmission. The quality of the discharge process during the transition of care from an inpatient to an...
One factor increasingly being used as a marker of the quality of care provided by hospitals to inpatients is the facility’s rate of readmission. The quality of the discharge process during the transition of care from an inpatient to an...
One factor increasingly being...
04/22/2013
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Bariatric Surgery and Long-Term Healthcare Costs
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
It is estimated that the cost of obesity and obesity-related comorbid conditions in the United States is $168 billion, 16.5% of US health expenditures. Bariatric surgery is a recognized treatment for obesity that leads to considerable weight...
It is estimated that the cost of obesity and obesity-related comorbid conditions in the United States is $168 billion, 16.5% of US health expenditures. Bariatric surgery is a recognized treatment for obesity that leads to considerable weight...
It is estimated that the cost of...
04/22/2013
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Study Identifies Cost of Having a Baby in the United States
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
There are 3 goals in healthcare: (1) improved care, (2) improved outcomes, and (3) lower costs. Maternity care, which impacts approximately 85% of women during 1 or more episodes of care, provides opportunity for improvements in healthcare...
There are 3 goals in healthcare: (1) improved care, (2) improved outcomes, and (3) lower costs. Maternity care, which impacts approximately 85% of women during 1 or more episodes of care, provides opportunity for improvements in healthcare...
There are 3 goals in healthcare:...
04/22/2013
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News Connection
Antipsychotic Use Patterns among Children, Adolescents, and Adults
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
Antipsychotic medications are being used increasingly to treat adults and children in the United States and are among the most commonly prescribed and costly classes of medications. The FDA has approved the use of antipsychotic medications as...
Antipsychotic medications are being used increasingly to treat adults and children in the United States and are among the most commonly prescribed and costly classes of medications. The FDA has approved the use of antipsychotic medications as...
Antipsychotic medications are...
04/22/2013
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Report of the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform
04/22/2013
In March 2012, the Society of General Internal Medicine convened the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform to recommend forms of payment that would maximize good clinical outcomes, enhance patient and physician satisfaction and...
In March 2012, the Society of General Internal Medicine convened the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform to recommend forms of payment that would maximize good clinical outcomes, enhance patient and physician satisfaction and...
In March 2012, the Society of...
04/22/2013
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Comparison of Print and Web Communication on Cancer Screening
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
The second leading cause of cancer death in the United States is colorectal cancer (CRC). According to researchers, <60% of the average-risk population for colorectal cancer (CRC) follows current CRC screening recommendations, indicating a...
The second leading cause of cancer death in the United States is colorectal cancer (CRC). According to researchers, <60% of the average-risk population for colorectal cancer (CRC) follows current CRC screening recommendations, indicating a...
The second leading cause of...
04/22/2013
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Private Health Insurance Exchanges Increasing
04/22/2013
Tim Casey
Many large employers offer a familiar health insurance model, which consists of 1 to 3 national carriers as well as a regional or local HMO for employees to choose from. The plans are typically self-insured, meaning companies pay for claims...
Many large employers offer a familiar health insurance model, which consists of 1 to 3 national carriers as well as a regional or local HMO for employees to choose from. The plans are typically self-insured, meaning companies pay for claims...
Many large employers offer a...
04/22/2013
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Pharmacy Insight
Benefits Clear but Questions Remain
04/22/2013
Barney S. Spivack, MD, FACP, AGSF, CMD
The Group Practice Without Walls is an interesting concept, and one that logically flows from the recognition that instead of pay for service, the focus has been shifting to paying for quality and value.
The Group Practice Without Walls is an interesting concept, and one that logically flows from the recognition that instead of pay for service, the focus has been shifting to paying for quality and value.
The Group Practice Without Walls...
04/22/2013
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Betting on Pay-for-Performance
04/22/2013
Tori Socha
James Matera, DO, a nephrologist in central New Jersey, has a vision of the future of medicine in this country. He believes that the nuances of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have created a need for physicians to become...
James Matera, DO, a nephrologist in central New Jersey, has a vision of the future of medicine in this country. He believes that the nuances of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have created a need for physicians to become...
James Matera, DO, a nephrologist...
04/22/2013
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Behind the Bill

Behind the Bill
The Senate’s $3 Trillion Deal. Tax Relief Now, Medicaid Coverage Loss Later?
07/02/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
The Senate has done it. After weeks of behind-the-scenes wrangling and last-minute amendments, lawmakers have passed a sprawling tax-and-spending megabill that makes good on a long-standing Republican goal: making the 2017 Trump tax cuts...
The Senate has done it. After weeks of behind-the-scenes wrangling and last-minute amendments, lawmakers have passed a sprawling tax-and-spending megabill that makes good on a long-standing Republican goal: making the 2017 Trump tax cuts...
The Senate has done it. After...
07/02/2025
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Behind the Bill
When a Cap Isn’t Just a Cap: How a Provider Tax Proposal Could Reshape Medicaid Financing
06/25/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
In Washington, the most consequential policies are often buried in the fine print. One such detail in the Senate Finance Committee’s latest tax and spending proposal would gradually cap provider taxes—a core funding tool states use to pull in...
In Washington, the most consequential policies are often buried in the fine print. One such detail in the Senate Finance Committee’s latest tax and spending proposal would gradually cap provider taxes—a core funding tool states use to pull in...
In Washington, the most...
06/25/2025
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Behind the Bill
Rewriting the Safety Net? Inside the Senate’s Changes to Medicaid and the ACA
06/18/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been following the progress of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which started in the House with sweeping tax reforms and some eye-catching health care proposals. Now, the Senate has released its (highly...
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been following the progress of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which started in the House with sweeping tax reforms and some eye-catching health care proposals. Now, the Senate has released its (highly...
Over the past few weeks, I’ve...
06/18/2025
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Behind the Bill
How States Might Respond to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
06/11/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) still in the hands of the Senate, much of the national conversation has centered on what this legislation would do to federal coverage programs. But regardless of how the federal process unfolds,...
With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) still in the hands of the Senate, much of the national conversation has centered on what this legislation would do to federal coverage programs. But regardless of how the federal process unfolds,...
With the One Big Beautiful Bill...
06/11/2025
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Behind the Bill
Is the Affordable Care Act on the Chopping Block? What the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Tells Us.
06/04/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
It’s been weeks of headline-grabbing debate over Medicaid work requirements, and the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” remains in the Senate as they deliberate over several health care provisions. While the Medicaid provisions sparked most of the...
It’s been weeks of headline-grabbing debate over Medicaid work requirements, and the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” remains in the Senate as they deliberate over several health care provisions. While the Medicaid provisions sparked most of the...
It’s been weeks of...
06/04/2025
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Behind the Bill
From House to Senate: The Journey of Cutting Medicaid
05/28/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
Last week, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1, 119th Congress) by a single vote, sending the sweeping tax and spending reconciliation package, backed by President Trump, to the Senate. With its...
Last week, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1, 119th Congress) by a single vote, sending the sweeping tax and spending reconciliation package, backed by President Trump, to the Senate. With its...
Last week, the House of...
05/28/2025
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Behind the Bill
Eligibility, Paperwork, and Penalties: The Not-So-Hidden Costs of Medicaid ‘Reform’
05/21/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
It’s been another eventful week in health policy—a phrase that’s quickly becoming routine. This time, House Republicans advanced a sweeping budget reconciliation bill, designed to implement elements of the March budget resolution, with a...
It’s been another eventful week in health policy—a phrase that’s quickly becoming routine. This time, House Republicans advanced a sweeping budget reconciliation bill, designed to implement elements of the March budget resolution, with a...
It’s been another eventful week...
05/21/2025
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Behind the Bill
A Busy Week in Drug Pricing Policy: Aligning US Drug Prices With Global Standards?
05/14/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
It’s been a busy few days for drug pricing policy. While I’d love to dig into the details of both President Trump’s latest executive order and the newest Republican bill that would cut Medicaid spending, we don’t have the time—and this isn’t...
It’s been a busy few days for drug pricing policy. While I’d love to dig into the details of both President Trump’s latest executive order and the newest Republican bill that would cut Medicaid spending, we don’t have the time—and this isn’t...
It’s been a busy few days for...
05/14/2025
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BEHIND THE BILL
When Agencies Lose Power: How 3 Seismic Shifts are Transforming Pharmaceutical Regulation
05/07/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
In the span of just 9 months, the landscape of administrative law has undergone a transformation so profound that pharmaceutical executives, health care providers, and patients alike are struggling to navigate the new terrain. The Supreme...
In the span of just 9 months, the landscape of administrative law has undergone a transformation so profound that pharmaceutical executives, health care providers, and patients alike are struggling to navigate the new terrain. The Supreme...
In the span of just 9 months,...
05/07/2025
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Behind the Bill
The Medicare Paradox, Part 3: Strategic Trade Doesn’t Have to be a Zero-Sum Game
05/07/2025
Katie Hayes, MJ
Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve examined the growing friction between the Section 232 pharmaceutical tariff investigations and the Medicare drug pricing reforms authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These 2 policy agendas—industrial...
Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve examined the growing friction between the Section 232 pharmaceutical tariff investigations and the Medicare drug pricing reforms authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These 2 policy agendas—industrial...
Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve...
05/07/2025
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Comparative Effectiveness for Bronchodilator Responsiveness Testing
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Emry Lloyd
A new study compares the efficacy of salbutamol administration via a nebulizer vs a metered-dose inhaler with a spacer for bronchodilator responsiveness testing.
A new study compares the efficacy of salbutamol administration via a nebulizer vs a metered-dose inhaler with a spacer for bronchodilator responsiveness testing.
A new study compares the...
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Trial to Test CAR T-Cell Therapy for Refractory Progressive MS
03/18/2024
Jolynn Tumolo
An autologous, fully human CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell product candidate recently received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an investigational new drug for the treatment of patients with refractory...
An autologous, fully human CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell product candidate recently received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an investigational new drug for the treatment of patients with refractory...
An autologous, fully human CD19...
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Conference Coverage
PBM Legislation: Navigating Congressional Delays and Encouraging Progress
04/17/2024
Hannah Musick
Explore the world of federal pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) legislation and its potential impact on stakeholders in this in-depth analysis presented by Ross Margulies, JD, MPH, Partner and Co-Chair Healthcare and Life Sciences Coverage &...
Explore the world of federal pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) legislation and its potential impact on stakeholders in this in-depth analysis presented by Ross Margulies, JD, MPH, Partner and Co-Chair Healthcare and Life Sciences Coverage &...
Explore the world of federal...
04/17/2024
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Conference Coverage
The Impact of Fatigue on Prospective Memory in Persons With MS
05/23/2024
Hannah Musick
High fatigue levels in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) are significantly associated with subjective impairment in prospective memory, particularly in tasks such as forgetting the date and missing appointments.
High fatigue levels in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) are significantly associated with subjective impairment in prospective memory, particularly in tasks such as forgetting the date and missing appointments.
High fatigue levels in persons...
05/23/2024
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Interview
Enhancing Patient Services: Payer and Provider Considerations
06/28/2024
Patient services emerged as a central topic at AXS24, with many stakeholders emphasizing the need for consistency and accessibility in patient support. They also highlighted the importance of addressing both financial and emotional support...
Patient services emerged as a central topic at AXS24, with many stakeholders emphasizing the need for consistency and accessibility in patient support. They also highlighted the importance of addressing both financial and emotional support...
Patient services emerged as a...
06/28/2024
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