August 2019

AJMC®TV interviews let you catch up on what’s new and important about changes in healthcare, with insights from key decision makers—from the clinician, to the health plan leader, to the regulator. When every minute in your day matters, AJMC®TV interviews keep you informed. Access the video clips at ajmc.com/interviews.

Chronic pain, obesity and cancer, multiple myeloma patterns, pancreatic cancer screening updates, and more.

Coverage from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Policy Summit held June 27, 2019, in Washington, DC.

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves... Julius Caesar (I, ii, 140-141)

A Conversation With Barbara S. Levy, MD, Vice President, Health Policy, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Authors from Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE), a nonprofit organization focused on hereditary cancer, discuss the importance of genetic testing, guidelines, and coverage considerations.

The chief clinical officer of health plans and policy for Quest Diagnostics discusses how payers can assess the value of genetic testing in oncology.

The founder of Oneinforty discusses the importance of identifying populations at high risk of hereditary cancers, as well as the need for education, testing, and other steps to prevent cancer.

The Institute for Value-Based Medicine®, an initiative of The American Journal of Managed Care®, traveled to Teaneck, New Jersey, for presentations in partnership with Regional Cancer Care Associates.

A review of the documentary on the life of James P. Allison, PhD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

A Conversation With Chief Medical Officer Andrew Norden, MD, MPH, MBA

Authors from My Gene Counsel discuss gaps in CMS reimbursement policy for genetic testing and counseling, in light of advances in guidelines from groups that include the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.