September 15th 2025
This commentary calls for health care systems to deliver equitable care for people living with obesity by addressing weight bias and updating standards in obesity care.
September 4th 2025
Patient Experience After Modifying Visit Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was associated with immediate weekly visit trend decreases for overall, primary care, and specialty care with long-term recovery trends; transformation to virtual visits; and increasing long-term trends for meeting patient scheduling and visit needs.
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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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Dr Milena Murray: Much Work Remains to Get Rid of the Ban on Gay Men Donating Blood
November 16th 2020Even heterosexual women are at risk of contracting HIV, so gay men should not be singled out as the only population with a transmission risk, said Milena Murray, PharmD, MSc, BCIDP, AAHIVP, associate professor, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy.
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US Oncology Network Enrolls 100,000th Patient in the OCM
November 12th 2020The US Oncology Network reached a major milestone recently in its journey to provide high-quality, value-based care to local communities by enrolling its 100,000th patient in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) Oncology Care Model (OCM)
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Patients With ALL Have High Readmission Risk Post Chemotherapy, but Hospitals Can Change That
November 5th 2020Many patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who undergo chemotherapy end up back in the hospital within 30 days. A new study points out the reasons and opportunities for prevention.
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Dr Milena Murray on the Importance of Using People-First Language With Patients Living With HIV
October 30th 2020The patients must always come first, emphasized Milena Murray, PharmD, MSc, BCIDP, AAHIVP, associate professor at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy, who practices at the Northwestern Medicine Infectious Disease Center in Chicago.
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Defining Quality, Value in Cancer Care: What Employers Should Seek From Providers
October 28th 2020A panel of key opinion leaders discuss how employers and self-funded companies should assess provider quality and value in cancer care at the 2020 Community Oncology Alliance Virtual Payer Exchange Summit.
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Over Time, Health Care Costs Move to Forefront for All Patients
October 22nd 20202020 is the 25th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care® and the October’s issue of the journal features an interview with Dr Kavita Patel, a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution and a primary care physician.
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Succeeding in Value-Based Payment Requires Engaging Pharmacists From Health Plans and Systems
October 21st 2020Pharmacists have an important role to play in the success of value-based payment models, according to panelists who discussed their health plan’s value initiatives at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2020 meeting.
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Diagnosing ARDS Earlier and the Development of ICU Delirium in Patients With ARDS
October 21st 2020Abstracts presented at CHEST 2020 looked at improving diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with machine learning and the development of intensive care unit delirium in hospitalized patients with ARDS.
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Makary Calls for Price Reform, Transparency to Fulfill Patient-Centered Medical Heritage
October 20th 2020Marty Makary, MD, MPH, kicked off the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2020 meeting with a call to action around reducing overprescribing, increasing price transparency, and recapturing the public’s trust in the health care system.
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AMCP Nexus to Start With Keynote From Surgeon, Transparency Advocate
October 19th 2020Attendees at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Nexus 2020 meeting will hear a keynote from a surgeon who has become more visible over the past year and a half discussing what he says are “structural problems” behind the cost of US health care.
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Addressing the Influence of Health Care Organizations on Physician Growth
October 18th 2020Health care organizations can help spur growth among physicians through incorporating key experiences, such as out-of-expertise skill building and cross-functional projects, in their physician leadership development programs.
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Using a seamlessly shared inpatient-outpatient electronic health record was associated with greater rates of postdischarge follow-up delivered through telemedicine or laboratory monitoring and without an in-person office visit.
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Analysis Finds Deferral in Care May Fuel Higher Employer Health Care Cost in 2021
October 12th 2020As the pandemic contributed to a significant decrease in the use of health care services in 2020, an analysis finds that employer health care benefit costs will likely increase in 2021 to address this deferral in care.
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Does Cardiogenic Shock Affect Mortality, Heart Failure Risks Among First-time MI Survivors?
October 9th 2020At the 1-year mark, following their first myocardial infarction (MI, or heart attack), heart failure hospitalizations and all-cause mortality were higher among patients who also had cardiogenic shock vs those who did not.
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KFF Survey Finds Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums Rose 4% in 2020
October 9th 2020Family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 4% over the past year, averaging $21,342, according to Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) study findings, with workers contributing $5588 in out-of-pocket costs.
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