AJMC June 2, 2025
To mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), each issue in 2025 includes a special feature: reflections from a thought leader on what has changed—and what has not—over the past 3 decades and what’s next for managed care. The June issue features a conversation with Melinda B. Buntin, PhD, a health economist and a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Carey Business School.
Am J Manag Care. 2025;31(6):In Press
AJMC: How have the concept of managed care and the conversations around it changed over the past 30 years?
BUNTIN: It’s really fun to think about this and realize how far we’ve come. I think back to the original...







