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Segment 1 - Diagnosis and Prognosis of Multiple Myeloma
Moderator Michael Chernew, PhD, co-editor-in-chief, The American Journal of Managed Care, and professor, Leonard D. Schaeffer School of Healthcare Policy, Harvard, leads a panel discussion on multiple myeloma.
Moderator Michael Chernew, PhD, co-editor-in-chief, The American Journal of Managed Care, and professor, Leonard D. Schaeffer School of Healthcare Policy, Harvard, leads a panel discussion on multiple myeloma. He is joined by panel experts Jack Goldberg, MD, clinical professor of medicine and chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Shaji K. Kumar, MD, professor of medicine and consultant, Division of Hematology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Mayo Clinic; Gene Reeder, Rph, PhD, director, Managed Care Networks, Xcenda; and Anne Quinn Young, MPH, vice president of development and strategic partnerships, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF).
The panelists begin with a general discussion that focuses on the diagnosis and prognosis of multiple myeloma, including if early diagnosis is possible. Dr Kumar begins by analyzing whether there is evidence for familial myeloma.
The Joint Commission is launching the Rural Health Clinic Accreditation Program to standardize staff training and patient care practices at rural health clinics nationwide; the American Cancer Society recently launched the largest-ever study of cancer risk and outcomes in Black women; the HHS COVID-19 vaccination campaign saved $732 billion by preventing illness and related costs.
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Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 25th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on the rates of low-value cancer care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Penn Medicine's Dr Justin Bekelman
December 19th 2023Justin Bekelman, MD, director of the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation, sat with our hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, for our final episode of 2023 to discuss the importance of collaboration between academic medicine and community oncology and testing innovative cancer care delivery in these settings.
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