Managed Care Cast
Why US Communities of Color Carry Heaviest Burden of COVID-19
February 24th 2021On this edition of Managed Care Cast, we present a short excerpt from a January webinar titled “Color and COVID-19: The Virus’ Disproportionate Impact” hosted by the MJH Life Sciences™ COVID-19 Coalition about how the pandemic has had an unequal, devastating impact on communities of color.
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Spotlight on Clinical Specialties Kicks Off With COPD, SCLC, CAR T
February 17th 2021On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we highlight a new feature on AJMC.com, the website of The American Journal of Managed Care®, called Clinical Spotlight, where our editors provide a series of interviews with leading experts in certain specialties.
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Room for Collaboration Between Health Care and Education Systems
February 11th 2021The authors of a Commentary in the February 2021 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® discuss the opportunities for the health care and education systems to cooperate in value-based contracts to improve outcomes for students.
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ChristianaCare Innovates Diabetes Care for Patients With Poorly Controlled Disease
February 9th 2021On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with experts from ChristianaCare, which implemented a diabetes pilot program at 4 of its primary care sites in 2019 and saw its population of patients with well-controlled disease grow by 16%.
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Mental Health Dangers for the Front Lines During COVID-19
January 26th 2021On this episode, we speak with the coauthor of a paper looking at the mental health stressors facing first responders and health care workers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The paper found that a sizable number of these frontline workers are at risk for psychiatric illnesses at severity levels higher than other national disasters, including 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.
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Promoting Equitable Access to Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Crisis
January 19th 2021The authors of a Clinical research article in the January 2021 Health IT issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® discuss their findings and suggestions for making telehealth access more equitable for all.
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Examining the Shift to Value-Based Kidney Care Delivery in 2021
January 12th 2021On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the new chief financial officer of Strive Health, a value-based kidney care company that works with payers and providers to create an integrated care delivery system for chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We discuss the changes coming to nephrology practices, as well as new ways of looking at the whole patient to halt the slide to irreversible ESRD.
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Advice for the Biden Administration About the Challenges in Health Care
December 8th 2020This episode of Managed Care Cast is a preview of an interview with Michael E. Chernew, PhD, and A. Mark Fendrick, MD, the co-editors-in-chief of The American Journal of Managed Care®, which appears in the December issue of the journal.
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Dr Jewel Mullen Discusses NASEM's Framework for an Equitable Distribution of a COVID-19 Vaccine
November 24th 2020Recently released vaccine data indicate encouraging steps forward in the global fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). When vaccine doses first become available, who should be prioritized?
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A Medical Home Visit Program’s Takeaways From COVID-19
November 19th 2020The authors of a Commentary in the November 2020 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care describe the experience of reimagining how a home health program can deliver care amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
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Driving Transparency, Payment Reform in Employer Health Care Coverage
November 17th 2020On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the president and CEO of the Leapfrog Group about her organization’s partnership with the Healthcare Transformation Alliance and how transparency and employer leverage may shape the transition toward value-based health care.
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Balancing Evidence With Action: Dr Patricia Salber Interviews Dr Denise Basow
November 3rd 2020With the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, new research is quickly being released as more and more is learned. However, the flood of new research needs to be balanced with appropriate review before action is taken.
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