Drug prices challenged as reimport battle rises

Electronic health records often do not record when someone has died. The deceased continue to get a variety of healthcare reminders.

Briana Contreras, an editor with Managed Healthcare Executive, spoke with Harsha Rajasimha, MD, founder and executive chairman of IndoUSrare, in this month's episode of Tuning in to the C-Suite podcast. The conversation was about how the disparity in diversity and ethnicity in rare disease clinical trials in the U.S. has led to gaps in understanding diseases and conditions, jeopardizing universal health, and increasing the economic burden of healthcare.

The most common barriers were logistical and access, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Managing Editor of Managed Healthcare Executive, Peter Wehrwein, had a discussion with William Shrank, M.D., a venture partner with Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California, about how artificial intelligence's role is improving healthcare, where we are today with value-based care and the ongoing efforts of reducing waste in the healthcare space for this episode of the "What's on Your Mind" podcast series.

Some people still have low levels of HIV despite taking antiretroviral therapy as prescribed and lacking any indications of drug resistance. Understanding why could yield new strategies for dealing with HIV.