Evolving Best Practice: Individualizing Therapy in Severe Asthma – CME Activity
Dr. Njira Lugogo discusses the use of biologic agents in severe asthma, reviewing the approach to management, biomarker use, and specific inflammatory cascade targets. A discussion of real-world trial data…
INHALE Tobacco Cessation Counseling Measure Now Includes Vaping Codes
INHALE has added a smoking status code to the list of codes that are required to include patients into the Tobacco Cessation Counseling Denominator. The addition of this code will…
A GoodRx Savings Guide to 25 Asthma Inhalers
Asthma is an everyday part of life for many people. But it’s a diverse condition, and everyone has their own experience with it. This sometimes makes managing asthma a little…
Asthma Peak Week is Approaching
September is a peak time for asthma attacks in the United States. According to the Allergy and Asthma Network, this is when emergency department visits and hospital admissions for asthma…
Lung Health Education Series – Free ALA Resource
INHALE is pleased to share details on a new, free educational resource American Lung Association (ALA) is offering through their Lung HelpLine, Lung Health Education Series.
Replacing Albuterol Rescue Inhalers – Audiocast CME Opportunity
Listen and learn from Dr. Reuben Strayer, emergency medicine physician in New York, about how providers can improve their patient outcomes by replacing Albuterol rescue inhalers.
The report is updated yearly and is based, to the best of the group’s ability, on current best evidence, medical knowledge, and practice. Since 2019, when there was a major…
The 2024 and 2025 INHALE Timelines Are Now Available
The 2024 and 2025 timelines are now available, view them here. We have split the timelines into Cohort 1 (PO's starting in 2022) and Cohort 2 (POs starting in 2024).…
Teva to Discontinue Digital Inhalers
Teva Pharmaceuticals is discontinuing its series of digital inhalers starting June 1, 2024. Teva’s digital inhalers include: ProAir® Digihaler® (albuterol sulfate) inhalation powderArmonAir® Digihaler® (fluticasone propionate) inhalation powderAirDuo® Digihaler® (fluticasone…
Drug Companies Step Forward with Voluntary Price Caps on Inhalers
Drug companies Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca and GSK have announced they are capping out-of-pocket costs for their inhaler products at $35 per month. INHALE applauds all three companies for their decision!…
MEDICATION UPDATE: Inhaled Medication Coverage Changes
BCBSM Update BCBSM approves Flovent ABA for members less than 5 years of age. No prior authorization needed for the 44mcg HFA to bridge coverage due to the Amsmanex inhaler…
General Update Flovent HFA and Flovent Diskus are inhaled corticosteroid medicines used as a controller medicine to treat asthma. Flovent HFA is also used to treat eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Glaxo…
Reduce reliance on short-acting beta-agonists and oral corticosteroid overuse to improve disease control, reduce exacerbations and long-term adverse effects
Education for both providers and patients on proper inhaler use; recognition of good disease control and measures to reduce acute exacerbations
Improving access to and the appropriate use of spirometry as a tool to accurately diagnose both Asthma and COPD
Proactively focusing on risk mitigation and exacerbation reduction in addition to enhancing our ability to achieve disease control
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