Managed Care Cast
Addressing America’s Maternal Racial Disparities and Subpar Maternal Care
April 14th 2022To mark Black Maternal Health Week, The American Journal of Managed Care® sat down with Breana Lipscomb, the senior advisor of Maternal Health & Rights at the Center for Reproductive rights, to better understand how the United States came to have such poor maternal care, and what can be done to address disparities.
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What’s Coming Up Next in Interoperability With Dr Donald Rucker
March 29th 2022An unprecedented level of detail and robustness around interoperability standards is on its way, and on this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Donald Rucker, MD, the former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in HHS, about what the opportunities and responsibilities for payers are.
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Removing Barriers to Rural Health Care Equity
March 22nd 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Teresa Tyson, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, FAANP, and Paula Hill-Collins, DNP, MSN, FAANP, discuss how The Health Wagon, a free mobile-based and nurse-managed clinic, provides accessible health care to rural residents in Virginia's Appalachian region.
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Investigating How Care Fragmentation May Affect Primary Care Redesign in Medicare
March 20th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Lori Timmins, PhD, and Eugene Rich, MD, discuss the findings of their interim analysis of data from the first 3 years of the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Initiative, a large-scale effort of primary care redesign meant to improve care fragmentation among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
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The Economic Impact of Conversion Therapy Harms in the US
March 15th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Anna Forsythe, PharmD, MSc, MBA, vice president of value and access at Cytel, explains the monetary and humanistic costs of conversion therapy among LGBTQ+ populations in the United States.
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Caravan Health’s Tim Gronniger on Boosting ACO Participation
March 8th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Tim Gronniger, the CEO of Caravan Health, about what to look for as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and policy makers try to encourage more providers to join value-based care arrangements.
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Dr Marcelina Silva Outlines an Alternative Approach for Treating Chronic Noncancer Pain
March 3rd 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Marcelina Jasmine Silva, DO, discusses her recent work on prolonged cessation of chronic opioid analgesic therapy among patients with chronic noncancer pain.
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A Look at Racial Disparities in US HPV Vaccine Uptake
March 1st 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Leslie Cofie, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor of health education and promotion at the College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, discusses his work on identifying and addressing racial disparities in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake in the United States.
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