Dr Tam Phan Highlights Positive Impact Pharmacists Can Have on Transgender, Nonbinary Patients
October 15th 2022Tam C. Phan, PharmD, AAHIVP, assistant professor of clinical pharmacy, USC School of Pharmacy, explains why it's important for pharmacists to learn about and advocate for their patients who are transgender or gender nonbinary.
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Payers Need Enhanced Utilization Management to Optimize High-Cost Therapies, Panel Says
October 15th 2022Panelists at an Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Nexus 2022 session discussed enhanced utilization management strategies to manage the rising cost of specialty drugs, while providing members with support for rare, complex conditions.
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City of Hope: Adapting Pharmacy Roles With an Eye Toward Retention
October 15th 2022Leaders from City of Hope National Medical Center discussed how the cancer research and treatment center addressed challenges with attracting and retaining oncology pharmacists through a restructuring during the ACCC 39th National Oncology Conference.
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Growing Innovation, Cost Expected in the Oncology Drug Pipeline
October 15th 2022The concluding keynote address at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2022 meeting discussed new and emerging oncology drugs in the pipeline and their potential impact on the treatment landscape as it pertains to managed care providers.
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Allina Health: Bringing Population Health Strategies to Oncology
October 15th 2022Mike Koroscik, vice president, Oncology, Allina Health Cancer Institute, presented “Preparing for Population Health in Oncology,” during the Association of Community Cancer Centers 39th National Oncology Conference, which concluded Friday.
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Anne Marie Rainey on Always Putting Patients First and How Technology Can Help
October 14th 2022Patients have to always come first, and technology can enhance their care experience, stated Anne Marie F. Rainey, MSN, RN, CHC, director of quality and value-based care at Clearview Cancer Institute.
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Drs David and Scott Penberthy Are Working to Evolve Cancer Care in the 21st Century
October 14th 2022On day 1 of this year’s Association of Community Cancer Centers’ (ACCC) National Oncology Conference, The American Journal of Managed Care® sat down for a conversation with David Penberthy, MD, MBA, ACCC’s president for the 2022-2023 term, and his brother Scott Penberthy, PhD, MS, director, Applied AI, Office of the CTO, at Google.
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Allina Health’s Mike Koroscik Addresses Oncology Innovations Rooted in the COVID-19 Pandemic
October 14th 2022There have been many silver linings of the pandemic, including improvements in financial, operational, and clinical advancement efficiencies, as well as addressing the total cost of care in population health management, said Mike Koroscik, MBA, MHA, vice president of oncology, Allina Health and the Allina Health Cancer Institute.
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Dr Brian MacDonald on Enhanced Utilization Management Programs for Rare Disease Treatments
October 14th 2022Brian MacDonald, PharmD, senior director of specialty clinical strategy and innovation at Magellan Rx Management, explains how enhanced utilization management programs are implemented and can lead to cost avoidance for rare disease treatments.
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Examining Cost-effectiveness, Efficacy of Combination Therapies in HIV
October 14th 2022Two posters presented at AMCP Nexus 2022 addressed the cost-effectiveness of guideline-recommended integrase strand transfer inhibitor–based triple therapy in people living with HIV, as well as the efficacy of adjuvant lenacapavir in treatment-naïve patients.
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Delaware’s ChristianaCare Embeds PCP Care Within the Cancer Center
October 13th 2022Winners of the Association of Community Cancer Centers 2022 Innovator Awards, presented at the National Oncology Conference, include a program to embed primary care in a cancer center and an effort to increase compliance with giving patients same-day medication education.
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ChristianaCare’s Debra Delaney on How Primary Care Influences Oncology Care
October 13th 2022It’s important that patients are the healthiest they can be when going into treatment for cancer, emphasized Debra Delaney, MSN, FNP-BC, primary care nurse practitioner at ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute.
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Biosimilars, Orphan Drugs Headline Market Trends to Watch in Specialty Drug Pipeline
October 13th 2022New and emerging medications in the specialty drug pipeline were discussed during a keynote address at AMCP Nexus 2022 by Aimee Tharaldson, PhD, senior clinical pharmacist of emerging therapeutics at Express Scripts, with biosimilars, orphan drugs, and cell and gene therapies emerging as key trends to watch.
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Google’s Dr Scott Penberthy on How AI Is Helping to Facilitate More Time With Patients
October 13th 2022Much of artificial intelligence (AI) is now being used in the more mundane areas of health care, figuring out where to be most helpful, so doctors can do what they do best, which is diagnostic care, noted Scott Penberthy, PhD, MS, director, Applied AI, Office of the CTO, at Google.
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Dr Kevin Astle Discusses Therapies in HIV PrEP Pipeline and Trends in Access, Adherence
October 13th 2022Kevin N. Astle, PharmD, assistant professor at University of South Florida Taneja College of Pharmacy, expands on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) therapies in the pipeline discussed at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus fall 2022 meeting.
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Climate Change, Health Disparities Take the Stage at CHEST 2022
October 12th 2022As with many medical meetings, some of the presentations from the annual American College of Chest Physicians event will be livestreamed or on demand for later viewing, but the organizers have stressed the importance of coming together for the first time since 2019.
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Dr Subani Chandra on the Value of In-Person Connections During CHEST 2022
October 11th 2022CHEST 2022 is being held in Nashville, Tennessee, beginning October 16, and Subani Chandra, MD, FCCP, the chair of the Scientific Program Committee, discusses why meeting in real life as opposed to virtually is energizing, even if medical conferences are hectic.
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Technology Is on Tap at ACCC National Oncology Conference
October 11th 2022The sessions align with the yearlong theme selected by this year’s ACCC president, David R. Penberthy, MD, MBA, when he took the helm in March: “Leveraging Technology to Transform Cancer Care Delivery and the Patient Experience.”
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AMCP Nexus 2022 to Address Evolving Value-Based Frameworks, Shared Decision-Making
October 10th 2022The annual fall meeting of AMCP Nexus 2022 will feature a keynote from one of the top physician-executives in health care, the specialty pharmaceutical pipeline, and insights for managed care stakeholders in selecting and integrating cost-effective, value-based care frameworks.
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Dr Rona Silkiss Details the Use of Biologics to Treat Thyroid Eye Disease
October 4th 2022At the American Academy of Ophthalmology's annual conference, Rona Z. Silkiss, MD, FACS, an oculoplastic surgeon and owner of Silkiss Eye Surgery, dived into how biologic therapies can be used to treat thyroid eye disease and what can be done to ensure patients have access to these treatments.
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Dr Michael Cohen Contrasts the Manifestation and Treatment of Wet vs Dry AMD
October 4th 2022Michael N. Cohen, MD, a retinal surgeon at Wills Eye Hospital and Mid Atlantic Retina, describes the differences between wet and dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and how gene therapy could help treat the condition in the future.
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