Health Management

Broader exchange of ideas for diabetes health management and related programs may result in more efficient community-based programs with a wider impact.

Independence reaches a deal with NantHealth to cover next-generation whole genome sequences for a variety of cancers.

Analysts ponder what Aetna’s leave from AHIP means for the industry and the powerhouse trade association.

New initiative poised to be a model for health plan providers to foster improved collaboration between pharmacists and physicians.

Change is in the air as a new year begins. These five trends will continue to gain momentum in the healthcare industry.

Survey reveals how size impacts health plan challenges, priorities, outlook, and technology use.

Survey reveals how size impacts hospitals' challenges, priorities, outlook, and technology use.

The Association for Community Affiliated Plans recently convened 13 plans to take on together the issue of prescription drug abuse.

We asked the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board to identify the top healthcare challenge in 2015. Here's what they said.

Several studies have demonstrated that telemedicine programs of different types can yield the same or better results than more traditional diabetes interventions.

AML’s genetic complexity raises concerns about long-term prospects of single mutation-targeting agents

The results of a large study of the impact of empagliflozin (Jardiance) on cardiovascular outcomes were recently published. Here are some key takeaways.

Here's how four plans are using the management strategy to improve quality, reduce costs.

Traveling to Orlando for ASH 2015? Make the most out of your trip by attending these presentations. View the top 10.

An important question is whether improvements in technology can make better control accessible to patients who are not currently good candidates for insulin pumps.

For patients with diabetes or high blood cholesterol, greater medication adherence is associated with a greater likelihood that the patient will achieve target biometric A1c and low-density lipoprotein levels, respectively, according to a poster session presented at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy meeting.

During their session at the AMPC conference in Orlando, presenters identified several diabetes management approaches that are improving medication adherence.

Caring for survivors and finding best practices for new treatments

A new PwC report finds that most health system executives support the move away from fee-for-service (FFS), but struggle with how much they should invest in payment alternatives.

The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR), has organizations’ leadership wondering how they will be able to perform in such a model. Here are some tips.

How plans can achieve the right balance between cost and outcomes

On October 6, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released Meaningful Use-Stage 2 modifications and Stage 3 final rules.

What managed care executives should know about rising drug prices, how they impact the healthcare system, and advice on what to do about it.

OptumRx program aims to ensure that optimal standards of quality are upheld by the pharmacies that produce and dispense them. Here's how the program works.

Researchers from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the State University of New York at Buffalo highlight efforts to promote safe and appropriate use of opioids.

Traveling to Orlando for AMCP Nexus 2015? Make the most out of your trip by attending these presentations. View the top 10.

Partner with community-based organizations to implement quality diabetes programs for the Hispanic population.