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Literature Review: Saxagliptin
12/15/2014
Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
Treatment of type 2 diabetes is directed at lowering glycated hemoglobin, while looking at the patient’s profile and risk of adverse events and complications.
Treatment of type 2 diabetes is directed at lowering glycated hemoglobin, while looking at the patient’s profile and risk of adverse events and complications.
Treatment of type 2 diabetes is...
12/15/2014
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Programs for Chronic Pain Management
12/15/2014
Tim Casey
Approximately 100 million adults in the United States have chronic pain, more than the total amount of people with heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined.
Approximately 100 million adults in the United States have chronic pain, more than the total amount of people with heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined.
Approximately 100 million adults...
12/15/2014
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Extended-Release Hydrocodone with Abuse-Deterrent Properties
12/15/2014
Tim Casey
Healthy people who are not physically dependent on opioids are less likely to abuse hydrocodone extended-release if the tablets contain abuse-deterrent properties, according to a randomized, double-blind, triple-dummy, placebo-controlled,...
Healthy people who are not physically dependent on opioids are less likely to abuse hydrocodone extended-release if the tablets contain abuse-deterrent properties, according to a randomized, double-blind, triple-dummy, placebo-controlled,...
Healthy people who are not...
12/15/2014
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Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Leads to High Costs and Healthcare Resource Utilization
12/15/2014
Tim Casey
Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), painful DPN, and severe painful DPN have more comorbidities and higher all-cause direct costs.
Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), painful DPN, and severe painful DPN have more comorbidities and higher all-cause direct costs.
Patients with diabetic...
12/15/2014
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Rational Polypharmacy for Patients with Chronic Pain
12/15/2014
Tim Casey
Patients with chronic pain have numerous treatment options, including several analgesic prescription drugs. Combining medications is also a popular strategy, although clinicians should be mindful of pharmacokinetic risks.
Patients with chronic pain have numerous treatment options, including several analgesic prescription drugs. Combining medications is also a popular strategy, although clinicians should be mindful of pharmacokinetic risks.
Patients with chronic pain have...
12/15/2014
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Hospital Readmissions Following Cardiovascular Events
12/15/2014
Kerri Fitzgerald
Reducing hospital readmissions has become a top priority for health policy due to high costs to the healthcare system. Hospital readmissions are especially noted in the older population, with 1 in 5 Medicare beneficiaries being readmitted...
Reducing hospital readmissions has become a top priority for health policy due to high costs to the healthcare system. Hospital readmissions are especially noted in the older population, with 1 in 5 Medicare beneficiaries being readmitted...
Reducing hospital readmissions...
12/15/2014
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Review of Prehospital Administration of Ticagrelor
12/15/2014
Mary Mihalovic
Among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction about to undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), early, in-ambulance administration of the oral antiplatelet agent ticagrelor was safe but did not show evidence of...
Among patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction about to undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), early, in-ambulance administration of the oral antiplatelet agent ticagrelor was safe but did not show evidence of...
Among patients with ST-segment...
12/15/2014
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Serial, Multimodality Imaging Plays Important Role for Ischemic Stroke
12/15/2014
Mary Mihalovic
The ability to properly image the hemodynamics of stroke across the continuum from acute stroke to more chronic conditions such as intracranial atherosclerosis now exists and has demonstrated the importance of blood flow.
The ability to properly image the hemodynamics of stroke across the continuum from acute stroke to more chronic conditions such as intracranial atherosclerosis now exists and has demonstrated the importance of blood flow.
The ability to properly image...
12/15/2014
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Requests for Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Increases
12/15/2014
Mary Mihalovic
A 40% increase in requests for prehospital emergency medical services was observed over a 10-year period, according to a recent study.
A 40% increase in requests for prehospital emergency medical services was observed over a 10-year period, according to a recent study.
A 40% increase in requests for...
12/15/2014
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Hospitalizations Related to Opioid Use in Older Adults
12/15/2014
Kerri Fitzgerald
Earlier this year, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a report on trends in hospitalizations of adults related to use of prescription opioid painkillers between 1993 to 2012. 
Earlier this year, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a report on trends in hospitalizations of adults related to use of prescription opioid painkillers between 1993 to 2012. 
Earlier this year, the Agency...
12/15/2014
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Risks of In-Hospital Worsening Heart Failure
12/15/2014
Mary Mihalovic
The results of a recent study found that in-hospital worsening heart failure was common and associated with higher rates of mortality, all-cause readmission, and Medicare payments.
The results of a recent study found that in-hospital worsening heart failure was common and associated with higher rates of mortality, all-cause readmission, and Medicare payments.
The results of a recent study...
12/15/2014
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Nurse Managed Protocols Improve Health Outcomes
12/15/2014
Mary Mihalovic
According to a recent study, the use of nurse managed protocols in caring for patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, showed a benefit in performance measures for all 3 conditions.
According to a recent study, the use of nurse managed protocols in caring for patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, showed a benefit in performance measures for all 3 conditions.
According to a recent study, the...
12/15/2014
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Telecare Intervention Effective for Improving Chronic Pain
12/15/2014
Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
Chronic pain in the back, neck, and other joints due to arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders is extremely common but difficult to treat. Few clinical trials have examined interventions to improve chronic pain in primary care.
Chronic pain in the back, neck, and other joints due to arthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders is extremely common but difficult to treat. Few clinical trials have examined interventions to improve chronic pain in primary care.
Chronic pain in the back, neck,...
12/15/2014
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Biologics: Changing the Treatment Scope for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis
12/15/2014
Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
Biologic agents have altered the treatment landscape in the management of moderate-to-severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Biologic agents have altered the treatment landscape in the management of moderate-to-severe psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.
Biologic agents have altered the...
12/15/2014
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Poor Adherence Rates among Patients with Mental Illness
12/15/2014
Tim Casey
Although patients with mental illness are typically prescribed medications, adherence is a major issue.
Although patients with mental illness are typically prescribed medications, adherence is a major issue.
Although patients with mental...
12/15/2014
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Minimizing the Risks Associated with Opioids
12/15/2014
Tim Casey
In the past 22 years, the number of opioid prescriptions dispensed by retail pharmacies has nearly tripled, according to data from the Department of Health & Human Services. There were 207 million opioid prescriptions in 2013, down from a...
In the past 22 years, the number of opioid prescriptions dispensed by retail pharmacies has nearly tripled, according to data from the Department of Health & Human Services. There were 207 million opioid prescriptions in 2013, down from a...
In the past 22 years, the number...
12/15/2014
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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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Trending Articles

Behind the Bill
CMS Updates Guidance on M3P: What to Expect from Medicare’s 2025 Rollout
07/24/2024
Katie Hayes, MJ
The M3P offers financial relief by spreading payment throughout the year, and CMS’ latest guidance clarifies key outreach parameters.
The M3P offers financial relief by spreading payment throughout the year, and CMS’ latest guidance clarifies key outreach parameters.
The M3P offers financial relief...
07/24/2024
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News
Dietary Patterns May Reshape Microbiota to Combat Obesity
08/19/2024
Lisa Kuhns, PhD, MD
Dietary patterns that promote beneficial gut microbiota show promise in combating obesity and related metabolic diseases, according to recent research published in Frontiers in Nutrition.
Dietary patterns that promote beneficial gut microbiota show promise in combating obesity and related metabolic diseases, according to recent research published in Frontiers in Nutrition.
Dietary patterns that promote...
08/19/2024
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High Mortality and Impairment Rates Among Older Adults in Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals
09/20/2024
Lisa Kuhns, PhD, MD
Long-term acute care hospitals (LTCHs) provide critical, multidisciplinary care for medically complex patients, but survival rates and long-term functional outcomes remain poor, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Long-term acute care hospitals (LTCHs) provide critical, multidisciplinary care for medically complex patients, but survival rates and long-term functional outcomes remain poor, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Long-term acute care hospitals...
09/20/2024
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Conference Coverage
Assessing the Effectiveness of DTBZ in Promoting Psychiatric Stability in Patients With Tardive Dyskinesia
10/14/2024
Hannah Musick
Research presented at AMCP Nexus 2024 examines the impact of deutetrabenazine (DTBZ) on psychiatric stability in patients with tardive dyskinesia, showing a potential improvement in schizophrenia-related hospitalizations and emergency...
Research presented at AMCP Nexus 2024 examines the impact of deutetrabenazine (DTBZ) on psychiatric stability in patients with tardive dyskinesia, showing a potential improvement in schizophrenia-related hospitalizations and emergency...
Research presented at AMCP Nexus...
10/14/2024
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Impact of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors on Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Outcomes
10/29/2024
Grace Taylor, MS, MA
Relapses and progression of multiple sclerosis were rare in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology 2024 Annual Meeting.
Relapses and progression of multiple sclerosis were rare in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Neurology 2024 Annual Meeting.
Relapses and progression of...
10/29/2024
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