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February 2012 - FRMC

Subcutaneous versus Intravenous Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis
02/22/2012

Mary Beth Nierengarten

Mary Beth Nierengarten
Chicago—The efficacy and safety of subcutaneous (SC) abatacept to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was maintained over 24 months, according to investigators of a recent open-label long-term extension study that looked at 24-month follow-up...
Chicago—The efficacy and safety of subcutaneous (SC) abatacept to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was maintained over 24 months, according to investigators of a recent open-label long-term extension study that looked at 24-month follow-up...
Chicago—The efficacy and safety...
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3-Year Analysis of Patients Treated with Golimumab
02/22/2012

Mary Beth Nierengarten

Mary Beth Nierengarten
Chicago—In patients with anemia of inflammation due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), or psoriatic arthritis (PSA), treatment with golimumab was associated with greater improvements in hemoglobin at 6 months...
Chicago—In patients with anemia of inflammation due to chronic rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), or psoriatic arthritis (PSA), treatment with golimumab was associated with greater improvements in hemoglobin at 6 months...
Chicago—In patients with anemia...
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ACR Recommendations for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis
02/22/2012

Mary Beth Nierengarten

Mary Beth Nierengarten
Chicago—New recommendations for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are near completion and will provide evidence-based recommendations on a number of issues related to the use of biologics and traditional disease-modifying...
Chicago—New recommendations for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are near completion and will provide evidence-based recommendations on a number of issues related to the use of biologics and traditional disease-modifying...
Chicago—New recommendations for...
02/22/2012
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Staff Morale Is Correlated with Perceived PCMH Characteristics
02/21/2012

Jill Sederstrom

Jill Sederstrom
Healthcare providers and staff who perceived more patient-centered medical home (PCMH) characteristics at their workplace were more likely to report higher morale, according to the results of a recent study. The findings from the study were...
Healthcare providers and staff who perceived more patient-centered medical home (PCMH) characteristics at their workplace were more likely to report higher morale, according to the results of a recent study. The findings from the study were...
Healthcare providers and staff...
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AMCP Comments on Proposed CMS Changes to Part D Reporting Requirements
02/21/2012

Mary Beth Nierengarten

Mary Beth Nierengarten
Future changes to Part D Reporting Requirements proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for contract year 2013 may pose new challenges to Part D plan sponsors if enacted. Responding to a request by CMS for comments on...
Future changes to Part D Reporting Requirements proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for contract year 2013 may pose new challenges to Part D plan sponsors if enacted. Responding to a request by CMS for comments on...
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Alternative Benefit Design for Medicare
02/21/2012

Jill Sederstrom

Jill Sederstrom
Restructuring the Medicare benefit design and placing a limit on beneficiary cost-sharing for Medicare-covered services in 2013 could lead to savings for Medicare and a minority of beneficiaries with high medical spending, but it could also...
Restructuring the Medicare benefit design and placing a limit on beneficiary cost-sharing for Medicare-covered services in 2013 could lead to savings for Medicare and a minority of beneficiaries with high medical spending, but it could also...
Restructuring the Medicare...
02/21/2012
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Implementing the Summary of Benefits and Coverage Provision of the ACA
02/21/2012

Tori Socha

Tori Socha
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) includes a provision requiring private individual and group health plans to provide all applicants and enrollees with a uniform summary of benefits and coverage (SBC). The provision...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) includes a provision requiring private individual and group health plans to provide all applicants and enrollees with a uniform summary of benefits and coverage (SBC). The provision...
The Patient Protection and...
02/21/2012
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Post–Myocardial-Infarction Medications with No Copayments
02/21/2012

Tori Socha

Tori Socha
Patients in the United States with acute myocardial infarction are most often prescribed a medication regimen at discharge from the hospital. However, gaps in care can occur following discharge, due mainly to either a failure to fill the...
Patients in the United States with acute myocardial infarction are most often prescribed a medication regimen at discharge from the hospital. However, gaps in care can occur following discharge, due mainly to either a failure to fill the...
Patients in the United States...
02/21/2012
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Risk of Diabetes Correlates with Duration of Obesity
02/21/2012

Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos

Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
The degree and duration of obesity, expressed as excess body mass index (BMI)-years, increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes more than BMI alone, but race and young age also are risk factors, according to the results of a...
The degree and duration of obesity, expressed as excess body mass index (BMI)-years, increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes more than BMI alone, but race and young age also are risk factors, according to the results of a...
The degree and duration of...
02/21/2012
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Earlier Onset Knee Osteoarthritis Impacts Healthcare System
02/22/2012

Mary Beth Nierengarten

Mary Beth Nierengarten
Chicago—New data highlight the increasing number of people in the United States newly diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (OA), particularly younger people, and the additional burden it is estimated this will place on the US healthcare system...
Chicago—New data highlight the increasing number of people in the United States newly diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (OA), particularly younger people, and the additional burden it is estimated this will place on the US healthcare system...
Chicago—New data highlight the...
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