Dr Ann LaCasce Looks to the Year Ahead in the Lymphoma Treatment Landscape
February 2nd 2024Ann LaCasce, MD, MMSc, director of the Dana-Farber/Mass General Brigham Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology and chair of the Lymphoma Research Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board, discusses potential shifts in the lymphoma space in the year ahead.
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Bevey Miner: Unpacking the 21st Century Cures Act, the Role of Open Comment Periods
February 1st 2024Bevey Miner, executive vice president of health care strategy and policy, Consensus Cloud Solutions, discusses the complex landscape of proposed health care rules, and the potential impact of CMS' Advancing Interoperability and Prior Authorizations Rule.
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UnitedHealthcare is incorporating real-world evidence into pathways design and policy formulation, leveraging its members' data to evaluate the impact of different regimens on health resource utilization and costs, explains Lucy Langer, MD, MSHS, national medical director of oncology and genomics at UnitedHealthcare.
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Dr Sudipto Mukherjee Discusses Survival Outcomes Data in US Patients With ISM
January 30th 2024Sudipto Mukherjee, MD, PhD, MPH, hematology and medical oncology, Cleveland Clinic, suggests that some patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) may be progressing at a faster rate than expected, and will need to be monitored and started on appropriate therapies.
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Navigating Single Motherhood, Mental Health, and Finding Support Amidst Challenges
January 30th 2024UPMC Health Plan member Marjorie Robinson, of Monroeville, Pennsylvania, tells of her experiences with Pittsburgh-based Fabric Health as a single mom of 2 teenagers and why she believes that mental health–related concerns can be significant obstacles to overall good health.
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Dr Lucy Langer: How UnitedHealthcare Is Enhancing Oncology Pathway Adherence and Promoting Equity
January 28th 2024UnitedHealthcare's oncology payment mode initially involved a pay-for-performance program based on pathways adherence, and will be transitioning in 2024 to a broader system with graded quartiles to incentivize greater participation and pathway adherence.
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Housing Stability and Adequate Health Care Are Crucial for Mental and Physical Health
January 28th 2024Serena Sloane, a Pittsburgh-based certified nursing assistant, took advantage of a chance meeting at her laundromat with someone from Fabric Health to learn more about her options for bettering her health care benefits
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Dr Melinda Aldrich on Disparities and the Importance of Screening in Lung Cancer
January 25th 2024Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MHE, associate professor in the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the division of genetic medicine, discussed her ongoing research aiming to identify the drivers of disparities in lung cancer outcomes in the US.
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Dr Samyukta Mullangi Talks Cost Reductions, Scalability of Thyme Care's Navigation Program
January 22nd 2024The Thyme Care virtual navigation program demonstrated a $594 reduction in total costs per member per month for navigated cancer patients compared with a control group, emphasizing the scalability of the independent virtual navigation model across various contracts, with opportunities to adapt to different populations and needs in the evolving landscape of value-based care arrangements.
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Molly Mendenhall on Standardizing Comprehensive Biomarker Testing in NSCLC
January 18th 2024Molly Mendenhall, BSN, RN, director of quality and compliance at Oncology Hematology Care, Inc (OHC), discussed a 1-year quality improvement project implemented by OHC to standardize comprehensive biomarker testing in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Dr Kirollos Hanna Talks Chemotherapy Shortage Challenges and Solutions
January 15th 2024Especially during shortages, Kirollos S. Hanna, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, FACCC, director of pharmacy services at Minnesota Oncology, says practices should carve out areas where going to a different therapeutic approach isn't considered off-pathway.
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Dr Sandra Stein Shares Takeaways From Banner|Aetna IVBM
January 13th 2024According to Sandra Stein, MD, of Banner Health Plans, the event highlighted the significant influence of social determinants of health on health care costs and outcomes, emphasizing the shift in focus from traditional medical care to addressing crucial factors like housing, food, transportation, and utilities for positive health outcomes.
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Bevey Miner, executive vice president of health care strategy and policy, Consensus Cloud Solutions, shares how extraction artificial intelligence is helping train machine learning models to recognize and extract information from documents, providing structured data with confidence scores.
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Dr Michael Gieske on Successes and Challenges in Increasing Lung Cancer Screening in Rural Regions
January 12th 2024Michael Gieske, MD, director of lung cancer screening at St. Elizabeth Health Care, speaks to the success of the Rural Appalachian Lung Cancer Screening Initiative, along with challenges to implementing increased lung cancer screening.
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Dr Beau Raymond Shares Expertise on Public Health, Population Well-Being
January 12th 2024Sidney (Beau) Raymond, MD, MMM, FACP, chief medical officer of Ochsner Health Network, believes that the health care system should focus on preventing illness and disease, rather than just treating them after they occur.
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Improving Eye Care Through Community Service With the UPMC eyeVan
January 12th 2024Amrish Selvam is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Pittsburgh whose research and career interests lay in ophthalmology and who volunteers with the UPMC Vision Institute’s mobile eye clinic, the eyeVan.
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What Happens to Patients With Diabetes When Semaglutide Dosing Is Disrupted? Dr Ian Neeland Explains
January 11th 2024Possible long-term consequences for patients with diabetes forced to switch to alternative medications during the semaglutide shortage include the risk of losing ground in glycemic control, having uncontrolled diabetes with associated symptoms, and other adverse events.
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