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Dr. Bruce Cree Speaks About Relationship Between Managed Care Organizations and Subspecialists
Dr. Bruce Cree, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, speaks to why he believes managed care organizations should provide an additional level of deference to the opinions of subspecialists over primary care physicians.
Dr. Cree states that he would like to see managed care organizations take recommendations from specialists to a higher degree. When a patient sees a subspecialst, as opposed to their PCP, they are receiving a different level of expertise.
Patient-Reported Outcomes Reinforce Efficacy of Natalizumab for MS
November 21st 2023Researchers gathered data on patient-reported outcomes to support evidence for the continuation of natalizumab, a disease-modifying treatment, in the management of multiple sclerosis (MS) progression.
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Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Thyme Care CEO and Cofounder Robin Shah
October 2nd 2023Robin Shah, CEO of Thyme Care, which he founded in 2020 with Bobby Green, MD, president and chief medical officer, joins hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, to discuss his evolution as an entrepreneur in oncology care innovation and his goal of positively changing how patients experience the cancer system.
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Timing of Neurofilament Light Changes May Predict Multiple Sclerosis Worsening
November 16th 2023The reported neurofilament light elevation preceding confirmed disability worsening events highlighted the value of NfL as an early biomarker of disability worsening and points to the existence of different windows of dynamic central nervous system pathology.
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Recent T1D Research Contradicts Common Assumptions About Patients
November 15th 2023Michael Fang, PhD, researcher and assistant professor in the division of Cardiovascular and Clinical Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, discussed recent findings in the type 1 diabetes (T1D) space that may alter the way providers address diabetes diagnoses.
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