Providers

In the June Matters in Managed Care webinar, experts from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, UNC Center for the Business of Health, and WakeMed discussed how they are working together to address some of the state’s unique primary care needs.

In the June Matters in Managed Care webinar, experts from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, UNC Center for the Business of Health, and WakeMed discussed how they are working together to address some of the state’s unique primary care needs.

In the June Matters in Managed Care webinar, experts from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, UNC Center for the Business of Health, and WakeMed discussed how they are working together to address some of the state’s unique primary care needs.

In the June Matters in Managed Care webinar, experts from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, UNC Center for the Business of Health, and WakeMed discussed how they are working together to address some of the state’s unique primary care needs.

Speakers at the Advanced Topics for Oncology Pharmacy Professionals Summit discussed financial toxicity in health care, how it particularly impacts patients with cancer, and how to address the issue with patients and the health system.

Larger primary care practices in downside risk–only payment models and capitation saw the highest telemedicine utilization rates by their patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.

A survey of global physicians found a gap in knowledge of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) despite the growing burden of the disease worldwide.

Treatment options for patients with these rare diseases have expanded in recent years, but rheumatologists may have limited experience with systemic vasculitis.

According to this retrospective analysis of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization rates in the United States, fewer than 20% of indicated users are taking the HIV preventive medication.

In part 7 of the Oncology Value Coalition webinar, experts from City of Hope and Highmark discussed telehealth and the role of remote care.

In part 6 of the Oncology Value Coalition webinar, experts from City of Hope and Highmark discussed examples of game-changing therapy in cancer care.

In part 5 of the Oncology Value Coalition webinar, experts from City of Hope and Highmark discussed why AccessHope offers an option to payers and oncologists.

In part 4 of the Oncology Value Coalition webinar, experts from City of Hope and Highmark discussed how the therapeutic pipeline has changed.

In part 3 of the Oncology Value Coalition webinar, experts from City of Hope and Highmark discussed the payer perspective in the rise of genomics.

In part 2 of the Oncology Value Coalition webinar, experts from City of Hope and Highmark discussed how genomics have changed the cancer care landscape.

In the latest Oncology Value Coalition webinar, experts from City of Hope and Highmark discussed designing genomic testing in cancer care.

A long-term Swedish study found that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NALFD) significantly increased mortality in children and young adults, particularly due to cancer, cardiometabolic disease, and liver disease.

A statement from the makers of the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin suggests the benefits in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are significant.

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) needs to be reimagined get back on track and to live up to its promise to incentivize value-based care.

Health insurance companies are anticipating a swell in pent-up demand for delayed or forgone health services in 2020, as well as increased costs associated with distributing COVID-19 vaccines to millions of Americans. To offset the potentially precarious business impact caused by these converging factors, insurers are turning to technology for help.

Statin use benefited individuals with heart failure by lowering their cancer-related risks, both of developing any cancer at all and of dying from the comorbid condition.

Roundtable discussions between health care purchasers and physician practices highlight their aligned interest in having patients managed by a primary care physician, with other topics such as behavioral health, social determinants of health, and telehealth referenced as well.

A retrospective analysis of real-world data found a discrepancy between actual care and the recommendations from clinical trials for patients with mantle cell lymphoma, resulting in outcomes that were worse than in trials.

Patients with a cough lasting more than 8 weeks are diagnosed with chronic cough, and for a subpopulation of those patients there is no treatable underlying cause of their cough, said Peter Dicpinigaitis, MD, professor of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and director of the Montefiore Cough Center.

A pharmacist-led collaborative medication management service reduced problems associated with polypharmacy in older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

The proposed changes to the payment model for end stage renal disease (ESRD) would make it the first payment model under the CMS Innovation Center to directly address health equity by incentivizing increased rates of home dialysis and kidney transplants.

The measure is designed to end surprise medical billing and balance billing, taking the first step to implement the so-called No Surprises Act that passed Congress at the end of last year.

Linda Schwimmer, JD, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, discusses 2 reports on strengthening primary care after the COVID-19 pandemic: one from her own organization and the other from the National Academy of Medicine.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated its guidelines for Waldenström macroglobulinemia to include zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) as a preferred regimen.

Patients with a chronic cough that persists even after treatment usually see a few specialists and have lingering triggers that cause their cough, explained Laurie Slovarp, PhD, CCC-SLP, associate professor in the School of Speech, Language, Hearing, and Occupational Sciences at University of Montana.