Reports from Case Western Reserve University Add New Data to Findings in Managed Care (Improving Medication Adherence and Medication Optimization With a Medicaid-Funded Statewide Diabetes Quality Improvement Project): Managed Care

2026 JAN 02 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Managed Care. According to news reporting originating from Cleveland, Ohio, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Medication adherence is a barrier to achieving glycemic goals among Medicaid recipients with diabetes. The Diabetes Quality Improvement Program Collaborative recruited 19 primary care practices serving a high volume of Medicaid patients in Ohio with the goal of reducing the percentage of adults with type 2 diabetes with A1C >9.0% through a 1-year intervention.”

Financial support for this research came from Ohio Department of Medicaid.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Case Western Reserve University, “The mean medication possession ratio (MPR) improved from 71.6% during the pre-intervention period to 74.1% at year 1 post-intervention-a relative improvement of 3.4%. Factors associated with a lower MPR included younger age, identifying as non-Hispanic Black or Hispanic, and a pre-intervention A1C >9.0%.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Although the initiative modestly improved medication adherence, addressing persistent disparities and expanding prescribing of therapies with cardiorenal benefits will be necessary to improve diabetes outcomes in the Medicaid population.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Improving Medication Adherence and Medication Optimization With a Medicaid-Funded Statewide Diabetes Quality Improvement Project. Clinical Diabetes, 2025;43(5):823-832.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Anirudh Prabu, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Additional authors for this research include Elizabeth A. Beverly, Joshua J. Joseph, Douglas Einstadter, Jordan Fiegl, Thomas E. Love, Katherine Jenkins, Allison Lorenz, Shah Jalal Uddin, Michael W. Konstan, Mary S. Applegate, Shari D. Bolen and Kathleen M. Dungan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.2337/cd25-0025. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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