Long-acting injectable PrEP may improve access, protection and adherence, especially for young people and pregnant women, according to Hasina Subedar, a senior technical advisor at South Africa’s National Department of Health, who spoke with editors at IAS 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Public Health Expert Warns U.S. HIV Funding Cuts Could Set Back Global Progress | IAS 2025
July 16th 2025Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Ph.D., spoke with Managed Healthcare Executive ahead of his presentation at IAS 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda, about the risks posed by U.S. cuts to global HIV prevention funding.
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Using Data Science to Address HIV Inequities, Region by Region | IAS 2025
July 16th 2025At the IAS 2025 conference in Kigali, Rwanda, Banky Olatosi, M.P.H., M.S., Ph.D., of the University of South Carolina, shed light on how systemic racism and social determinants of health influence HIV diagnoses and care across U.S. regions.
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AI Set to Speed Up HIV Vaccine Research and Trials, Focusing on Fair Access | IAS 2025
July 15th 2025According to experts at the IAS 2025 meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, AI revolutionizes HIV vaccine development by enhancing design, data analysis and clinical trials, especially in low-income regions, creating a faster progress.
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Alarice Marsh, M.P.H., a deputy director in the National Department of Health of South Africa and program lead of HIV testing services, spoke with MHE editors about her thoughts on the new recommendations for HIV and sexually transmitted diseases that were issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) today.
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FDA Expands Kerendia’s Use to Treat Common Form of Heart Failure
July 14th 2025Kerendia was originally approved in July 2021 to reduce cardiovascular and kidney complications in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with type 2 diabetes. This new approval extends its use to a broader patient population.
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How Prior Authorization Reform Could Help Patients and Providers
July 11th 2025In this part three interview of a video series, Hari Prasad, CEO of Yosi Health, told Managed Healthcare Executive editors that cutting administrative burdens through digitized prior authorizations could improve patient outcomes and restore valuable time to physicians.
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AI Can Ease Prior Authorization Burdens if Used Responsibly
July 11th 2025In this part two interview of a three-part video series, Hari Prasad, CEO of Yosi Health, said in an interview with MHE that AI can reduce administrative delays in prior authorization, but it must be paired with oversight to ensure patient safety.
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Digitizing Prior Authorization Could Ease Burden on Patients and Providers
July 10th 2025In an interview with Managed Healthcare Executive, Yosi Health CEO Hari Prasad praised insurers' new voluntary pledge to simplify prior authorization, calling it a key step toward faster care and reduced administrative burdens for providers and patients.
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Can the Rural Fund Improve Access Amid Medicaid Cuts?
July 9th 2025Michael Abrams, M.A., managing partner at Numerof & Associates, warned that without clear eligibility rules, the new $50 billion rural hospital relief fund could end up helping the wrong providers instead of the rural hospitals most in need.
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A Strategic Plan Must Accompany Any Rural Bailout, Per Michael Abrams, M.A.
July 8th 2025Managed Healthcare Executive spoke with Michael Abrams, M.A., managing partner at Numerof & Associates, to discuss the newly passed $50 billion rural hospital relief fund and what it could mean for rural health systems. In a conversation that took place just before the legislation passed in the Senate on July 1, Abrams expressed cautious support for the fund while warning that without proper structure, it could fall short of meaningful change.
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Who Should the $50 Billion Rural Health Fund Actually Help?
July 8th 2025In an interview with Managed Healthcare Executive ahead of the Senate and House vote and under President Trump's official seal of approval on July 4, Michael Abrams, M.A., warned that without clear eligibility rules, the newly approved $50 billion rural hospital relief fund could be exploited by non-rural providers and fail to support the facilities it was meant to save.
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Dupixent Is Linked to a Higher Risk of Psoriasis in Patients With Atopic Dermatitis
July 8th 2025AD and psoriasis were once thought to be opposites in terms of immune response, with AD linked to a Th2-dominant pathway and psoriasis driven by Th17 inflammation. However, newer research has shown that these diseases can overlap in patients and may even share common pathways.
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