Federal investigators eye rates in Medicare+Choice plans

A new study found that implementing a specialty pharmacy program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital helped more young HIV patients achieve medication adherence and undetectable viral loads.

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.

These tools, available through the myCigna member portal, are designed to make navigating health insurance more straightforward and to improve overall customer experience, according to a news release sharing the announcement today.

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. His guest this episode is John Baackes, the former CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan.

According to a new study in Haemophilia, up to 60% of patients with severe HA have no known family history, making early diagnosis more difficult.

GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro outperformed metformin, statins and insulin in lowering rates of age-related macular degeneration and primary open-angle glaucoma.