Managed Care Cast
Update on Migraine Patient Care Challenges During the Pandemic
October 5th 2021Migraines plague some 35 million Americans, the majority of them women in their 30s and 40s, and disabling pain and symptoms are linked to lost productivity at work, school, and home. On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we bring you an excerpt of an interview with a headache specialist about the extra challenges for patients and providers during the pandemic.
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Reviewing Race and Kidney Disease in the NKF-ASN Task Force Report
September 28th 2021On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Susan Quaggin, MD, FASN, a nephrologist and the chief of nephrology/hypertension and director of the Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute at Northwestern University, as well as current president of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). She discusses the recommendations of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and ASN Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases and what comes next for laboratories, clinicians, and patients.
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Spotlighting Pandemic-Related Challenges, Data-Driven Solutions for Payers
September 21st 2021On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we address how delays in routine care and other aspects of the pandemic are affecting payer organizations today, and how technology innovations like natural language processing can work to empower key initiatives in population health and beyond.
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Assessing Lower-Than-Expected Health Care Utilization Trends in Early 2021
September 14th 2021On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the lead clinician of a study by the Epic Health Research Network and Kaiser Family Foundation, which found that routine medical care and hospital admissions remained below expected levels in the early months of 2021, marking the second consecutive year for such results.
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Key Issues Influencing 2022 Employer Health Care Strategy and Plan Design
August 31st 2021On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Ellen Kelsay, president and CEO of the Business Group on Health, on the findings from her organization's 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey.
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Reckoning With the Repercussions of Worsening Climate Change on Health Systems
August 24th 2021On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Laalitha Surapaneni, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota, describes her work in bringing awareness to the health impacts of climate change.
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Co-pay Accumulator Rule Could Cost Patients at the Pharmacy Counter
August 19th 2021If patients are not informed about the implications of co-pay accumulator adjustment programs, they may be forced to abandon their prescriptions in the face of unaffordable co-pays, according to an interview with the author of a Commentary appearing in The American Journal of Managed Care.
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Addressing Pay-for-Delay Deals, Anticompetition in the Pharmaceutical Industry
August 17th 2021Despite executive orders by the Biden administration aimed to improve competition in the pharmaceutical industry, pay-for-delay deals and other antitrust issues continue to be reported. On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak on the history and prevalence of these anticompetitive tactics and steps to limit these deals.
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