First-time generic approvals

CMS projects roughly 2.3 million people will lose Medicaid coverage in 2027 under the new community engagement requirements, also referred to as work requirements: four in ten to paperwork, not noncompliance. Arkansas showed how that happens; here is what plans can learn before the clock starts.

Managed care leaders should vet AI tools before use and recheck them over time, and pharmacists need AI literacy, according to two AMCP Nexus 2026 presenters.

AI is speeding up managed care pharmacy work, but two pharmacists say human review remains key when tools affect patients' access to medications.

A review of 16 studies linked presurgical melatonin and zolpidem to less postoperative pain, with over 30% less opioid use in some patients.

Prime Therapeutics' Pat Gleason, Pharm.D., outlined T1D screening gaps for plans and his priorities as incoming AMCP president.

Healthcare affordability has emerged as an issue in the Nov. 3 elections that will determine control of the Senate and the House.

Research presented at AMCP Nexus this week explores barriers to prescriptions for atopic dermatitis.

Adults newly diagnosed with narcolepsy type 1 rack up healthcare costs 5.5 times higher than people without the condition, a Takeda-funded analysis finds, even with treatments available.