Advancing Women's Health: CVS Health Leader on Access, Technology, and Breaking Stigmas

Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, addresses the importance of meeting patients where they are to expand clinical trial participation and remove barriers to trial access.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Arthur L. Jenkins III, MD, FACS, CEO of Jenkins NeuroSpine, to explore the intersection of advanced surgical care for sport-related neurospine injuries and managed care systems.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can be a challenging complication to manage during pregnancy; women with PAH who are pregnant are considered a high-risk population, and they face higher rates of maternal and fetal complications.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the author of a study published in the February 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® to uncover significant differences in coverage decisions for pharmacogenetic tests across major US health insurers.

Posters presented at the 2025 Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Clinical & Scientific Conference show that therapeutic advances in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are not uniformly making it into the hands of patients who could benefit.

Christopher L. Moertel, MD, University of Minnesota, discusses the trial data that helped get mirdametinib approved and what providers can do to keep measuring quality of life (QOL) improvements.