VIDEO: Jan Berger, MD, MJ, Discusses Ways For Managed Care Organizations to Reduce Hospital Readmissions

A panel discussion highlighted a new pathway that allows Medicare to embrace new tools and pay for them while gathering the evidence needed to ensure the technology is safe and appropriate for an older population.

At this year’s American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention, Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, delivered the Honorary Fellow Award Lecture, “The Imperative to Focus on the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation,” as the recipient of this year’s Honorary Fellow of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology award.

A CMS official discusses a draft guidance on the second round of drug pricing negotiations amid uncertainties over the first round of talks under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director of the American Public Health Association, on the core takeaways of his keynote session at AHIP 2022 on public health policy and other solutions to promote equitable health and well-being.

During her session, Polina Reyblat, MD, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, highlighted best practices urologists should incorporate to make transgender and gender-diverse patients comfortable during physical exams and avoid retraumatization.

Kimberly Westrich, MA, of the National Pharmaceutical Council, explains how the 340B program is linked to increased drug spending and the hidden costs associated with it.