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During their headline session at the AMCP conference, presenters from Avalere Health shared their predictions for "three futures" in the healthcare market.

The high cost of specialty medications requires an array of management techniques, according to a recent presentation at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2015. Read more.

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.

A new online library or knowledge portal, the Type 2 Diabetes Genetics Beta, has been launched to provide open-access searching of genetic and clinical information on type 2 diabetes.

A pharmacist-led telemonitoring program reduced blood sugar levels in diabetics, according to a new study.

A senior clinical consultant at Express Scripts says it's critical for healthcare executives to keep an eye on recently approved specialty medications. Here are six to watch.

A new report from ACAP details savings afforded Medicaid programs through managed care

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

Study: Florida’s tougher drug laws and monitoring program is positively impacting opioid prevention efforts.

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FDA has approved buprenorphine (Belbuca, Endo Pharmaceuticals) buccal film for use in patients with chronic pain.

FDA has approved idarucizumab (Praxbind, Boehringer Ingelheim) as the first reversal agent for Pradaxa.

When two new treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) were approved by FDA last year, there was not much data available on the drugs in patient populations.

A senior clinical consultant at Express Scripts says it's critical for healthcare executives to keep an eye on how specialty medications in the pipeline will impact these four conditions.

The effort to secure provider status for pharmacists continues on a federal and state level, and it may be gaining more traction than ever.

At the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2015, two presenters identified legislative and regulatory changes that could have a big impact on managed care.

The FDA approved Onivyde (irinotecan liposome injection), in combination with fluorouracil and leucovorin, to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) pancreatic cancer who have been previously treated with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy.

FDA approved Strensiq (asfotase alfa) as the first approved treatment for perinatal, infantile and juvenile-onset hypophosphatasia (HPP).

FDA approved patiromer (Veltassa, Relypsa) oral suspension for the treatment of hyperkalemia. Hyperkalemia is the condition when blood potassium levels are higher than normal in the kidneys, which can lead to abnormal heart rhythms or sometimes death.

FDA approved meloxicam (Vivlodex, Iroko Pharmaceuticals, LLC) capsules, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), for the management of osteoarthritis pain in 5-mg and 10-mg doses administered once daily.

Study provides five key takeaways for managed care executives. View the five takeaways.

Prime Therapeutics conducted a study to estimate how many commercial members have ASCVD, but are not being treated with high-intensity statin therapy, as recommended in the 2013 ACC/AHA cholesterol guidelines. View the results.

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Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush unveiled his healthcare plan; one expert offers his ideas about it.

Here are five of key things managed healthcare executives should know about the act.

To put more risk-based dollars in the bank, payers need to master a new level of gathering and reporting on not just claims data, but clinical data as well.

The FDA this week approved Coagadex, Coagulation Factor X (Human) for hereditary Factor X (10) deficiency. Until the new orphan drug approval, no specific coagulation factor replacement therapy was available for patients with hereditary Factor X deficiency.

Laboratory diagnostics are essential tools of physician practice, informing many medical decisions. Physicians will increasingly rely on companion and other types of lab diagnostics that consider genetic, proteomic, or other markers in connection with drug treatment strategies.