A roundup of top healthcare news stories: January 26, 2017.
GOP Plans to Repeal and Replace Obamacare by April
As part of the legislative agenda for 2017, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, explained that Republicans would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by April, reported POLITICO. Ryan is looking to fast-track the ACA’s repeal, but replacing it will need support from Democrats. The agenda also plans to fund the wall along the Mexican border and approve a tax reform package all before August.
Massachusetts Businesses With Employees on Medicaid Could Face Penalties
In a bid to combat escalating Medicaid enrollment, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has proposed penalizing businesses with workers that enroll in Medicaid. According to The Wall Street Journal, the penalty would be $2000 per worker that enrolls in Medicaid and is supposed to incentivize businesses to shoulder more of health insurance costs. Employers with more than 10 full-time workers who cover less than 80% of the workforce would be penalized. Employers opposed the proposal, claiming they will be punished for an issue they did not cause.
Reduction in Sugary Drink Intake Stalls
For nearly 2 decades, the number of calories consumed through sugary beverages has dropped steadily, but the number has not made much more progress since 2009. STAT reported that children are drinking about 143 calories per day (down from 220 in 2003) and adults are drinking 145 calories per day (down from 188), but it’s probably still too much. Currently, adults get 6.5% of their total daily calories from sodas, fruit juices with added sugars, sport drinks, energy drinks, and other sugar-sweetened beverages.
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.
Listen
New TROPiCS-02 Data Back Sacituzumab Govitecan for Older Patients With Breast Cancer
December 9th 2023This phase 3 study investigated sacituzumab govitecan, a Trop-2–directed antibody-drug conjugate, vs treatment of physician’s choice in pretreated patients who have endocrine-resistant hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer, the most common form of breast cancer.
Read More
Insufficient Data, Disparities Plague Lung Cancer Risk Factor Documentation
September 24th 2023On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the senior author of a study published in the September 2023 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® on the importance of adequate and effective lung cancer risk factor documentation to determine a patient's eligibility for screening.
Listen
Patients With RA in Remission Withdrawing From TNF Inhibition Show Flare Increases
December 8th 2023New data presented at ACR 2023 highlighted the differences in rates of flares and Boolean 2.0 remission rates compared to patients with rheumatoid arthritis who continued a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi).
Read More