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Episode 4 - The Link Between Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes is an insidious cardiometabolic condition that continues to affect a growing population of young Americans, and is associated with high blood pressure, lipid abnormalities, and renal disease. The disease and its clinical sequelae are tightly interwoven with cardiovascular disease (CVD), acute coronary syndrome, and stroke. Consequently, there are substantial clinical implications for the optimal management of any underlying cardiometabolic disorder. While the topic of “metabolic syndrome” remains controversial and inconsistently defined, Dr Michael Weber emphasizes that glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), while the standard measure for the management of diabetes, is only one component of the overall picture - it is also essential to appropriately control body weight and size, blood pressure, and lipid levels.
AI Meets Medicare: Inside CMS’s WISeR Model With Sanjay Doddamani, MD, MBA, Part 2
August 5th 2025In this second part of his interview with The American Journal of Managed Care®, Sanjay Doddamani, MD, MBA, a former senior advisor to CMMI and founder and CEO of Guidehealth, continues a dialogue on the future of value-based care and the promise—and limits—of AI-enabled innovation, reflecting on challenges like rising Medicare costs and patients’ growing financial burdens.
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