In this latest episode of the MHE Talks: Improving Patient Access series, Senior Editor Peter Wehrwein spoke with Dr. Christopher Crow, resident of Catalyst Health Network, a clinically integrated network of more than 1,000 primary care physicians throughout Texas. Peter and Dr. Crow discuss how his small-town roots and doctors there inspired his thinking about access issues; his experience with patient-centered medical homes and setting patient access as a priority; how Catalyst supports physicians in improving access; and the lack of Medicaid expansion in Texas and how that affects access there.
Adults newly diagnosed with narcolepsy type 1 rack up healthcare costs 5.5 times higher than people without the condition, a Takeda-funded analysis finds, even with treatments available.
Federal HIV guidelines add Bixlenvo as a switch option, back statins for adults 40 to 75 and urge clinicians to challenge payer barriers to antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Based on her findings, Mathur shared members in a UPMC affordability program were more adherent to heart drugs, with fewer ER visits and no significant rise in total cost of care.
COPD patients who saw a care navigator had a 20% readmission rate vs. 35% for those who didn’t, in a quality improvement project at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Florida, according to research presented at CHEST 2026 meeting last week in Phoenix..