The American Journal of Managed Care

The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) is a monthly peer-reviewed MEDLINE/PubMed[1] indexed medical journal owned by Michael J. Hennessy Associates, Inc. The journal is considered part of the 'payer' offerings of the healthcare communications company.[2] In 2009 it had an impact factor of 2.74.[3] Some months, issues of the journal are accompanied by separately paged supplements.[1]

AJMC also includes other publication series including The American Journal of Accountable Care, and two evidence-based series Evidence-Based Oncology and Evidence-Based Diabetes Management.[4] It hosts a weekly YouTube video series called "This week in managed care".[5]

The journal has an ACO Coalition of which ACOs can gain membership.[6] It also is the host of a live event called the ACO & Emerging Healthcare Delivery Coalition meeting which discusses best practices and strategies for care management and allows participants to gain an understanding about developing successful ACOs.[7]

It has partnered with multiple advocacy groups including the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease[8] and Patient Access Network.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "The American journal of managed care. - NLM Catalog". NCBI. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  2. ↑ "About Michael J. Hennessy Associates, Inc.". Managed Care & Healthcare Communications. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Health Policy & Services". 2010 Journal Citation Reports. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "About The American Journal of Managed Care". AJMC. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  5. ↑ "Week In Review". AJMC. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  6. ↑ "ACO Coalition". AJMC. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  7. ↑ "The American Journal of Managed Care® to Host ACO & Emerging Healthcare Delivery Coalition Spring Meeting". AJMC. Retrieved 2017-03-14 – via PRWeb.
  8. ↑ "Assessing Chronic Disease Impact & Population Health Dividend | Keeping Education ACTIVE". Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  9. ↑ "Pan 2017 Cost-Sharing Roundtable". AJMC. Retrieved 2017-03-14 – via Eventbrite.


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