Managed Care Cast
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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Understanding Complexity, Utilization Patterns of Patients at FQHCs
February 25th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Nadereh Pourat, PhD, MSPH, and Alex Sripipatana, PhD, MPH, discuss research on care complexity and utilization patters of patients at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).
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The Disproportionate Impact of the Pandemic on Health Care Disparities and Cancer
February 22nd 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we discuss how already wide health care inequities in cancer are becoming much worse because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with guest Monica Soni, MD, associate chief medical officer at New Century Health.
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How Can Employers Leverage the DPP to Improve Diabetes Rates?
February 15th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Jill Hutt, vice president of member services at the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, explains the Coalition’s efforts to reduce diabetes rates through the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP).
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New California Law Addresses STI Epidemic With At-Home Test Kits
February 8th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Amy Moy, the chief external affairs officer at Essential Access Health, outlines measures needed to address the sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemic in the United States.
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Lymphoma Research Foundation CEO on Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, Financial Toxicity
February 3rd 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Meghan Gutierrez, CEO of the Lymphoma Research Foundation, about financial toxicity, how the pandemic has affected patients’ financial needs when they have cancer, health care disparities and care gaps, and more.
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How Patient Descriptors Influence Racial Bias in the Electronic Health Record
January 25th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Michael Sun, a medical student at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago, who served as first author of a Health Affairs study showing that race and bias were significantly associated with negative patient descriptors in the electronic health record.
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