Employers seek to soften health cost blow

Homecare Homebase revealed over 4 million patients are denied home health services annually, highlighting critical access issues and the impact of proposed Medicare cuts.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the "Conversations with Perry and Friends" podcast. In this episode, Cohen speaks with Saar Mahna, J.D., MBA, CEO and founder of Banjo Health, an artificial intelligence company focused on prior authorization.

Fluid resolution at week 4 seems to translate into longer dosing intervals at week 96 of the PULSAR trial that assessed Eylea HD in patients with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. In this episode, his guest is Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., director of health benefits research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Small doses of the involuntary nervous system blocker, atropine, may offer a non-invasive treatment for symptomatic vitreous floaters, according to a recent small study.

The FDA has approved VIZZ, a once-daily, preservative-free eye drop that improves near vision in adults with presbyopia for up to 10 hours.