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A Discussion on Managing and Treating Type 2 Diabetes
As a progressive condition, diabetes presents an ongoing challenge for physicians to provide adequate control of patients’ disease, and new agents with novel mechanisms of action help reduce the burden in the management of diabetes.
As a progressive condition, diabetes presents an ongoing challenge for physicians to provide adequate control of patients’ disease, and new agents with novel mechanisms of action help reduce the burden in the management of diabetes.
In a recent Peer Exchange discussion, Peter Salgo, MD, of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, led a discussion on novel agents and their role in treating patients with and without cardiovascular disease. On the panel was Om Ganda, MD, of Joslin Diabetes Center; Jim Kenney of JTKenney, a managed care consulting practice; and Helena Rodbard, MD, FACP, MACE, past president of the American College of Endocrinology and past president of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
Here, you can listen to part of the discussion.
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Tackling Health Inequality: The Power of Education and Experience
April 30th 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our final episode of this limited series and our conversation with Janine Jelks-Seale, MSPPM, director of health equity at UPMC Health Plan.
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Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 25th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on the rates of low-value cancer care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Senate Finance Committee has introduced bipartisan legislation that proposes using Medicaid and Medicare programs to help prevent and reduce generic drug shortages; US indicators for COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) declined further last week; findings from a recent study reveal growing disparities in child death rates across racial and ethnic groups.
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