December 17th 2024
The most-read obesity articles of 2024 mostly focused on insurance coverage of weight loss medications and costs.
Lessons from the early days of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy remain fresh as Kite Pharma prepares for the FDA to act on its supplemental biologics license application for use of axi-cel as second-line therapy in relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma. A target action date is set for April 1, 2022.
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Developing Strategies to Drive Value in Mental Health Care, Part 4
February 14th 2022Leadership from the Innovation & Value Initiative, along with experts in mental health and a representative from employer purchasing group, discuss strategies for creating value-based decisions in mental health coverage.
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Developing Strategies to Drive Value in Mental Health Care, Part 3
February 14th 2022Leadership from the Innovation & Value Initiative, along with experts in mental health and a representative from employer purchasing group, discuss strategies for creating value-based decisions in mental health coverage.
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Developing Strategies to Drive Value in Mental Health Care, Part 2
February 14th 2022Leadership from the Innovation & Value Initiative, along with experts in mental health and a representative from employer purchasing group, discuss strategies for creating value-based decisions in mental health coverage.
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Developing Strategies to Drive Value in Mental Health Care, Part 1
February 14th 2022Leadership from the Innovation & Value Initiative, along with experts in mental health and a representative from employer purchasing group, discuss strategies for creating value-based decisions in mental health coverage.
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Payers, Value-based Care Policies Impact Biosimilar Adoption, Cardinal Health Report Finds
February 8th 2022Cardinal Health's report, “2022 Biosimilars Report: The U.S. Journey and Path Ahead,” outlines how biosimilars will move beyond their comfort zones in oncology and rheumatology and more boldly into therapeutic areas such as ophthalmology and diabetes care.
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Patients With EoE Have High Level of HCRU, Analysis Finds
February 5th 2022This retrospective study using administrative claims data examining health care resource utilization (HCRU) found that in the months before a diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), other diseases were more commonly diagnosed.
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Mental Health Service Utilization Review Patterns in a Medicaid Managed Care Program
Medicaid managed care utilization review data for mental health services were analyzed for the calendar years 2017 and 2018. These data indicate low rates of utilization review denials for both inpatient and outpatient mental health services.
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Has the Time Arrived to Incorporate Genetic Testing Into Health Care?
February 2nd 2022The rise in popularity of genetic testing brings along a myriad of challenges ranging from concerns on data privacy to insurance coverage, but, when utilized correctly, it could mark a step forward for significant advancements in individual and population health.
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Incyte Withdraws FDA Submission for Parsaclisib for FL, MZL, MCL
January 27th 2022Incyte has become the latest company to pull an FDA filing following Gilead and Secura Bio, which both voluntarily withdrew therapies that had been granted accelerated approval but hadn’t completed confirmatory studies for full approval.
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Optimizing the Payer/Provider Relationship for a Successful Annual Enrollment Period, Part 8
January 25th 2022Experts discuss current trends in Medicare Advantage during the current annual enrollment period, best practices for communication, and gain clarity about the benefits and costs for both providers and beneficiaries.
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Optimizing the Payer/Provider Relationship for a Successful Annual Enrollment Period, Part 7
January 25th 2022Experts discuss current trends in Medicare Advantage during the current annual enrollment period, best practices for communication, and gain clarity about the benefits and costs for both providers and beneficiaries.
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Optimizing the Payer/Provider Relationship for a Successful Annual Enrollment Period, Part 6
January 25th 2022Experts discuss current trends in Medicare Advantage during the current annual enrollment period, best practices for communication, and gain clarity about the benefits and costs for both providers and beneficiaries.
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Optimizing the Payer/Provider Relationship for a Successful Annual Enrollment Period, Part 5
January 25th 2022Experts discuss current trends in Medicare Advantage during the current annual enrollment period, best practices for communication, and gain clarity about the benefits and costs for both providers and beneficiaries.
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Optimizing the Payer/Provider Relationship for a Successful Annual Enrollment Period, Part 4
January 25th 2022Experts discuss current trends in Medicare Advantage during the current annual enrollment period, best practices for communication, and gain clarity about the benefits and costs for both providers and beneficiaries.
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Optimizing the Payer/Provider Relationship for a Successful Annual Enrollment Period, Part 3
January 25th 2022Experts discuss current trends in Medicare Advantage during the current annual enrollment period, best practices for communication, and gain clarity about the benefits and costs for both providers and beneficiaries.
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Optimizing the Payer/Provider Relationship for a Successful Annual Enrollment Period, Part 2
January 25th 2022Experts discuss current trends in Medicare Advantage during the current annual enrollment period, best practices for communication, and gain clarity about the benefits and costs for both providers and beneficiaries.
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Optimizing the Payer/Provider Relationship for a Successful Annual Enrollment Period, Part 1
January 25th 2022Experts discuss current trends in Medicare Advantage during the current annual enrollment period, best practices for communication, and gain clarity about the benefits and costs for both providers and beneficiaries.
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CMS Says It Will Limit Biogen’s AD Drug to Patients in Clinical Trials
January 11th 2022In a National Coverage Determination decision memo released Tuesday, CMS said it will gather public comment for 30 days about its plan to limit coverage for Alzheimer disease (AD) biologics that target plaque buildup in the brain to patients enrolled in certain clinical trials.
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Primary Care During COVID-19: Looking at Payer, Provider Cooperation
January 4th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we bring you part 1 of an 8-part video conversation with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and Newton Family Physicians about how they adapted to deliver health care in 2020 and 2021.
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