Managed Care Cast

In this podcast, we speak with Rebecca Siegel, MPH, strategic director of surveillance information services in the Intramural Research Department at the American Cancer Society, and the lead author of the annual Cancer Statistics report that estimates the number of new cancer cases and deaths in the United States each year.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Five years ago, the American Cancer Society (ACS) recommended that patients at average risk of colorectal cancer start getting screened at age 50. However, in recent years, cancer incidence has changed, with a growing incidence seen in patients under age 50. Reflecting this change, ACS changed the recommended sceening age to 45 in May 2018.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Dori A. Cross, PhD, discusses a study she was an author on, which characterized the drivers of the use of electronic health information exchange by skilled nursing facilities to access patient hospital data during care transitions. The paper was published in the annual health information technology issue from The American Journal of Managed Care®.

In this podcast, we speak with 2 experts to discuss results from Performance Period 2, and get insight into the successes, challenges, and lessons learned under the Oncology Care Model (OCM), thus far.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Last year was a big year for biosimilars in the United States, with the number of FDA-approved biosimilars nearly doubling and major policy and regulatory developments taking place.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

For the last week of 2018, The American Journal of Managed Care® polled readers on 5 big news stories from the year to gauge which one they thought was the most important.

This week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the year, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

As 2018 draws to a close, The American Journal of Managed Care®'s co-editors-in-chief recapped their favorite papers published in 2018 and made predictions for 2019.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

As we enter an era of megamergers like the one between CVS Health and Aetna, The American Journal of Managed Care® convened its Oncology Stakeholder Summit to discuss the history of mergers and acquisitions, the reasons behind them, and what they mean for different stakeholders.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

A study published in this month's issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® estimated standardized episode-level spending for patients across subcategories of care for each hospital referral region—defined by the Dartmouth Atlas—in order to identify the greatest opportunities for cost savings under the Oncology Care Model (OCM).

Who sets the price for medications and other supplies used in hospitals and why are there shortages of some of these items? Martin Makary, MD, MPH, a surgical oncologist and chief of the Johns Hopkins Islet Transplant Center as well as executive director of Choosing Wisely, discussed this issue and its ramifications for healthcare costs.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Alex R. Kemper, MD, MPH, MS, discusses the key findings from a comparative effectiveness review called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

As the opioid epidemic continues to claim tens of thousands of lives each years, stakeholders from around the country are launching efforts to enforce appropriate prescribing patterns and identify those most at risk for opioid misuse and abuse.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

A lot of healthcare is simply exchange of information, but the current healthcare system doesn’t allow for that exchange to happen in a convenient way. The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI) has released a new roadmap that reinvents healthcare in the United States through the use of technology.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This month's issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® features a study that examined the effectiveness of a high-intensity, community-based care management program for Medicare patients with complex medical and social needs. We sat down with 2 of the study's researchers—Purvi Sevak, PhD, senior researcher at Mathematica, and Cara Stepanczuk, MPA, researcher in the health unit at Mathematica—to discuss the study findings and their implications.

This fall, The American Journal of Managed Care® convened a panel of experts on migraine to discuss calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibitors, an emerging therapy for the condition, which affects 39 million people in the United States.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

During Psych Congress 2018, we sat down with several clinicians to get insight into the prevalence of internal and external stigma in mental illness and how this stigma creates barriers to positive clinical outcomes.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Recently, Barbara McAneny, MD, the current president of the American Medical Association (AMA), visited The American Journal of Managed Care®’s office for a wide-ranging discussion on new payment models, transforming care, and the work of the AMA.