Value-Based Care: Is It Possible for All Providers to Succeed?
April 29th 2023Craig D. Pederson, principal at Insight Health Care Partners, discussed the evolving landscape of value-based care and challenges to implementation from the provider perspective during his keynote presentation at the National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) Spring Managed Care Forum 2023.
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The European Union has proposed the biggest drug overhaul in 20 years, prompting industry conflict; CMS has proposed 2 new rules focused on increasing care access and quality of care for people enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program; proposed legislation would promise $6 billion for treatments of drug-resistant infections that win approval.
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Interventions for Successful Implementation of Value-Based Care
April 28th 2023In a presentation at the National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) Spring Managed Care Forum 2023, Robert L. Waterhouse Jr, MD, MBA, HSM, chief medical officer at Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance, discussed the challenges of value-based care implementation and how to overcome them.
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Highlighting Opportunities for Progress in a Changing Health Care Landscape
April 28th 2023Some of the health care transformations that were forced by the COVID-19 pandemic could continue to benefit patients and the health care system, Jacques Sokolov, MD, said during his keynote address at the National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) Spring Managed Care Forum 2023.
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Review Highlights Interventions to Address Therapeutic Gaps in Heart Failure Management
April 27th 2023Accelerating the safe implementation guideline-directed medical therapy has also been shown to reduce heart failure–related morbidity and mortality, underscoring the need for more integration into current care.
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Rates of Chronic Conditions, Asthma in Prisons May Be Severely Undertreated, Study Finds
April 27th 2023The study examined the prevalence of prescription medications in jails and state prisons for individuals with chronic conditions, such as asthma, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hepatitis B and C, HIV infection, depression, and severe mental illness, compared with the general population.
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ASTRO, ESTRO Release First Guideline for Definitive Local Therapy in Oligometastatic NSCLC
April 27th 2023The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) jointly released a clinical guideline on the use of definitive local therapy for the treatment of oligometastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Brain Volume May Serve as Biomarker of Brain Injury in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
April 26th 2023The data highlight that silent cerebral infarcts represent just a portion of brain injury that occurs in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), and brain volume can serve as another potential biomarker of brain injury in those with the disease.
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FDA accelerates approval of drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); hundreds of thousands could lose Medicaid coverage under Republican debt bill including work requirements; the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reports that half a million veterans have filed claims for health benefits related to toxic exposures.
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Revolutionizing Atopic Dermatitis Conference Promises New Ways to Learn About AD
April 26th 2023The Revolutionizing Atopic Dermatitis conference, set to begin on April 29 in Washington, DC, promises to offer symposia on emerging therapies and new insights into treating atopic dermatitis (AD).
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Brain Imaging Helpful for Goals of Care Decisions in Patients With Cognitive Motor Dissociation
April 25th 2023The potential ethical implications for goals of care discussions between surrogate decision makers and health care providers concerning patients who reside in a state of cognitive motor dissociation were investigated in this new study from a team at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital.
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