Neil Pressman, President, Presscott Associates, LTD., Avon, CT; Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, discusses how his healthcare management consulting firm works to effectively manage reimbursement relationships between payers and providers.
Shared savings programs will give providers the upside while saving downstream costs for the payer. "In order to create the solution we need to implement in this country in terms of the escalating costs of health care and fragmented care we're experiencing in this country payers and providers need to come to the table to address these issues," said Pressman.
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January 26th 2023Adults with diabetes who were forced to switch from an employer-sponsored health plan to a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) were 25% more likely to require an emergency department (ED) or hospital visit for hyperglycemia, but not for hypoglycemia, than those who did not switch plans.
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Examining Telehealth Uptake to Increase Equitable Care Access
January 26th 2023To mark the publication of The American Journal of Managed Care®’s 12th annual health IT issue, on this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Christopher M. Whaley, PhD, health care economist at the RAND Corporation, who focuses on health economics issues, including the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care delivery.
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High-Deductible Health Plans and Their Potential Impact on the US Drug Epidemic
October 13th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Matthew D. Eisenberg, PhD, lead author of a study published in the October issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® that investigated the use of high-deductible health plans and their impact on substance use disorder care and spending.
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Contributor: Promoting Health Equity Through Primary Care
January 23rd 2023Jodi Fenner, senior director at Elevance Health, speaks on the key themes she presented during her session at the 2023 Health Equity Summit in San Diego, California, titled, "Promoting Health Equity through Primary Care."
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Health Equity Decision-making: A Q&A With Dr N. Benjamin Fredrick
January 23rd 2023N. Benjamin Fredrick, MD, of Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Penn State University College of Medicine, speaks on the key themes he presented during his session at the 2023 Health Equity Summit in San Diego, California, as well as topics related to the measurement, creation, and implementation of health equity initiatives.
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