Managed Care Cast
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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Exploring 2022 Trends in Health and Hospital Drug Spending With Vizient
August 10th 2021Vizient recently released its Summer 2021 Pharmacy Market Outlook, which projects pharmaceutical spending for 2022 based on an analysis of its members' data. On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we talk about some of the findings.
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Psoriasis as an Inflammatory Disease, and What’s Changed Over Time
August 3rd 2021August is National Psoriasis Awareness Month, and on this episode of Managed Care Cast, we bring you an excerpt of an interview with a New Jersey dermatologist about the changing concept of psoriasis as more than just a skin disease.
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In Most of the US, Self-insured Employers Lack Power at the Bargaining Table With Hospitals
July 20th 2021In this episode of Managed Care Cast, the lead author of an article in the July issue of The American Journal of Managed Care describes the latest research that looks at the power of self-insured employers to negotiate hospital prices and the relationship between employer market power and hospital prices.
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Is Private Health Insurance Really Superior to Public Programs?
July 13th 2021On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Charlie Wray, DO, MS, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco, outlines the findings of a paper he coauthored which assessed Americans' experiences with their insurance providers.
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Quelling COVID-19 Also Capped Clostridioides difficile—Will It Continue?
July 6th 2021This episode of Managed Care Cast features interviews with experts who discuss how the same efforts to stamp out COVID-19 also reduced Clostridioides difficile and the prospects for such mitigation efforts to continue.
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Reports Highlight Strengthening Primary Care After the Pandemic
June 29th 2021Linda Schwimmer, JD, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, discusses 2 reports on strengthening primary care after the COVID-19 pandemic: one from her own organization and the other from the National Academy of Medicine.
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Referrals to Diabetes Self-management Education Lagging Among Patients in Need
June 24th 2021An author of a study in the June 2021 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® discusses findings on the association between provider referrals to diabetes self-management education and patients’ need for the service.
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