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Newfound Risk That Providers, Payers, and Patients Are Navigating With the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
A panel asks: "Due to the ACA, who is now presenting with cancer? Who is walking through the door and is there a difference between patients since the ACA implementation?"
At the recently held National Comprehensive Care Network (NCCN) annual conference, Clifford Goodman, PhD, The Lewin Group, moderated a diverse panel of distinguished guests that included, Christian G. Downs, Executive Director, Association of Community Cancer Centers; Liz Fowler, VP, Global Health Policy at Johnson & Johnson; Michael Kolodziej, MD, National Medical Director, Aetna; Lee H. Newcomer, MD, MHA, UnitedHealthcare; Mohammed S. Ogaily, Medical Director for the Oakwood Center, Hematology-Oncology, Detroit, MI; W. Thomas Purcell, MD, Executive Director at University of Colorado Cancer Center; John C. Winkelmann, MD, Oncology Hematology Care, Inc. based in Cincinnati OH, and Councillor, American Society of Hematology. The symposium was titled, “Affordable Care Act: Where Are We Now?” and the panel discussed how in particular the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and reform in the United States is affecting cancer care.
One of the first questions that were asked of the panel was: “Due to the ACA, who is now presenting with cancer? Who is walking through the door and is there a difference between patients since the ACA implementation?”
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Navigating Health Literacy, Social Determinants, and Discrimination in National Health Plans
February 13th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the February 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on how health plans can screen for health literacy, social determinants of health, and perceived health care discrimination.
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Drs Raymond Thertulien, Joseph Mikhael on Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Care Access
December 28th 2023In the wake of the 2023 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition, Raymond Thertulien, MD, PhD, of Novant Health, and Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FACP, chief medical officer of the International Myeloma Foundation, discussed health equity research highlights from the meeting and drivers of racial disparities in multiple myeloma outcomes.
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What We’re Reading: Abortion Privacy Rules; Alzheimer Drug Hurdles; Nursing Home Staffing Overhaul
April 23rd 2024New health privacy rules aim to protect patients and providers in an evolving abortion landscape; some physicians express concerns about efficacy, risks, and entrenched beliefs in treating Alzheimer disease; CMS addresses longstanding staffing deficits in nursing homes.
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