Peter Wehrwein, Managing Editor

Compared with other studies, the differences in outcomes between percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) narrowed in the FAME 3 five-year follow-up study, but there were fewer myocardial infarctions and repeat revascularizations in the PCI group.

In this second part of his interview with Managed Healthcare Executive, John B. Buse, M.D., Ph.D., a professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine and director of the UNC's Diabetes Care Center, discusses lifestyle management and GLP-1s.

John B. Buse, M.D., Ph.D., a professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine and director of the UNC's Diabetes Care Center, pointed to research that has shown a price of $150 per month would make the GLP-1s cost-effective as a prevention measure.

The largest randomized study of fluid intake restrictions showed no benefit from the restrictions, according to its senior author.

Results show noninferiority to a full dose in preventing a recurrence of blood clots and an advantage when it comes to bleeding risks.

The HHS secretary’s plans would create a new Administration for a Healthy America (AHA) subagency and slash the department’s workforce by 25%, including 3,500 full-time positions at the FDA.

A growing mistrust of medical providers could be traced back to doubts about scientific validity and treatment costs, according to Luke Hansen, M.D., M.H.S., chief medical officer of Arcadia, a healthcare data analytics company.

Employers and Medicare trustees could come together and change the healthcare industry, leading to healthcare reform, according to Luke Hansen, M.D., M.H.S., and chief medical officer of Arcadia, a healthcare data analytics company.

Luke Hansen, M.D., M.H.S., chief medical officer of Arcadia, a healthcare data analytics company, explains that the Make America Healthy Again initiative’s focus on chronic disease support will benefit value-based care and preventative care.

Moving away from accountable care organizations (ACOs) will not lead to value-based care, according to Luke Hansen, M.D., M.H.S., and chief medical officer of Arcadia, a healthcare data analytics company.

Luke Hansen, M.D., M.H.S., and chief medical officer of Arcadia, a healthcare data analytics company, said that achieving value-based care will need to be a multipronged approach with commercial purchasers and state Medicaid programs playing a prominent role.

An overview of Arcadia, a healthcare data analytics company, according to chief medical officer, Luke Hansen, M.D., M.H.S.

At a Senate confirmation hearing for CMS administrator, Mehmet Oz, M.D., would not answer directly whether he would support budget cuts to the Medicaid program.

Gilead has reported results for a once-yearly intramuscular injection that show blood concentrations of lenacapavir exceeded those from the twice-yearly dosing.

A Columbia University dermatologist argues that physicians in her specialty should be on the lookout for metabolic syndrome and obesity — and treat it.

Reaching out to waitlisted patients and organizing the staff into high-volume teams for a week shrank the waitlist from more than 3,000 unseen patients to 300.

A reduction in emergency room visits is just one of the ways teledermatology has improved patient outcomes and reduced costs, according to Elizabeth K. Jones, M.D., an associate dermatology professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.

An overview of the definition of teledermatology and it’s three subtypes, according to Elizabeth K. Jones, M.D., FAAD, an associate dermatology professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Positive results were reported for Johnson & Johnson's psoriasis drug during.a late-breaking research session today at the 2025 meeting of the Amercian Academy of Dermatology.

The ruxolitinib cream met its primary end point as a treatment for prurigo nodularis in one phase 3 trial but fell short in another similar study, which had high favorable response rate in the placebo group.

Rebecca Vasquez, M.D., FAAD, said that while there is not enough data to support success stories yet, she has seen firsthand the ways addressing social drivers of health has impacted her patients.

Raising funding for research on social drivers of health may become an obstacle, given recent anti-DEI policies put into place by the federal government, according to Rebecca Vasquez, M.D., FAAD, a speaker at the 2025 American Academy of Dermatology meeting.

The advent of remibrutinib, a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, may encourage dermatologists to take care of chronic spontaneous urticaria patients, says a presenter at the 2025 meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Markary, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins, gave safe, vague and polished answers to senators' questions on mifepristone and the cancellation of an FDA vaccine committee meeting.

Progressive pulmonary fibrosis is not a diagnosis so much as a disease behavior and a clinical phenotype, says Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, M.D., Ph.D., of Oslo University Hospital and the expert featured on this MHE K-Cast.

It has been 10 years since the first biosimilar was approved by the FDA. The grades on how the market for biosimilars has developed are mixed.

Approximately 70 minutes into the address, President Donald Trump mentioned rising childhood cancer rates and the prevalence of autism.