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New starts fell off sharply last spring and the flu season "all but disappeared," according a summary of CVS Caremark's 2020 drug spend report.

Vagner shares best work/life balance practices for parents during a new phase of COVID-19 as their children are back in school. The vice president of People at Maven, a virtual clinic for women's and family health, also shares some well-being tips that work for him as a parent.

As market forces visibly disrupt healthcare (less access to cheap capital, reimbursement pressures, rising demand for services in the face of constrained supply), digitally transforming core processes is not merely an option any more.

The pandemic is expected to have a significant effect on drug costs this year and into 2022, a new report says.

Dan Ollendorf, Ph.D., M.P.H.,of the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts University Medical Center, is co-author of a new book, The Right Price, A Value-Based Prescription for Drug Costs.

In this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite’s Meet the Board podcast series, Managed Healthcare Executive's Senior Editor Peter Wehrwein and Associate Editor Briana Contreras spoke with MHE Editorial Advisory Board member, Doug Chaet. Chaet is president of Value Evolutions and chairman of the American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems. In this conversation, the editors were able to learn more about the loyal board member and his background in healthcare toward his managed care career and were able to hear his thoughts on particular topics such as value-based care, ACOs and more.

Six-year plan to invest $11.5 billion with donor support to accelerate research and treatment worldwide for children with catastrophic diseases.

Much of the data that AI depends on is tainted with racial bias.

The major depressive disorder (MDD) market is expected to soar to $7.87 billion by 2029.

Healthcare providers can consider these strategies when developing a plan to transition to more frequent in-office treatment.

Program could be easily implemented at tribal clinics, says lead author.

Paying attention to the social determinants of health may be a powerful way of improving cardiovascular outcomes.

Centralized resource streamlines information sharing between health plans, Medicaid agencies and third-party app developers ahead of CMS Interoperability and Patient Access rule deadlines.

FDA has recently approved therapies targeting MET exon 14 skipping mutations.

Projections of 600-1,400 fewer deaths were set against the risk of 26-45 cases of blood clots.

Dr. Kathleen Bethin, clinical professor, and Dr. Lucy Mastrandrea, associate professor and division chief of endocrinology/diabetes both at the Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, spoke with Vic Baldry of Cecelia Health to discuss the challenges telehealth has created when caring for families with children who have type 1 diabetes.

Biomarker status can help clinicians and patients make informed, personalized treatment decisions, whether the choice is an FDA-approved targeted therapy or a clinical trial.

Corticosteroids are a mainstay but the introduction of biologics has transformed the management of this severe form of asthma.

The use of accurate biomarkers for detecting autism spectrum disorder could result in saving billions of dollars in healthcare costs, according to a paper recently published in the journal Autism Research.

But many devices don’t communicate with a patient’s electronic health record.

In this week's episode of "Tuning In to the C-Suite" podcast, Senior Editor Peter Wehrwein spoke with Debra Cooper, RN, MSN, MBA/HCM, a senior risk specialist at Coverys, a medical malpractice insurance company headquartered in Boston. Wehrwein and Cooper discussed the role the company has played in advising providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, risk mitigation, and the role they can now play in overcoming vaccine hesitancy.

Opdivo is the first FDA-approved immunotherapy for the first-line treatment of gastric cancer.

Access to care and other health disparities result in the low use of novel therapies for Black, female and lower income type 2 diabetes patients. If these barriers aren't addressed, disparities among kidney and cardiovascular patients may worsen in the U.S.

The FDA approved proton beam radiation in 1988. But whether it is an improvement over conventional photon radiation as a treatment for many cancers remains an open question.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's new strategy sets their goal to reduce racial disparities in maternal health by 50% in five years.

The four historically Black medical schools are part of the answer as U.S. healthcare reckons with racism and inequity. They are expanding and receiving record levels of donations.