Panelists Leah Binder; Austin Frakt, PhD; Margaret E. O'Kane, MHA; and Matt Salo discussed Medicaid expansion, the medical loss ratio, managing specialty populations, and more during the Healthcare Reform Stakeholders Summit.
In fall 2015, The American Journal of Managed Care convened a panel of experts to discuss healthcare reform in the United States.
In these segments, panelists Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group; Austin Frakt, PhD, an associate professor at the Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine and a health economist at the Department of Veterans Affairs; Margaret E. O'Kane, MHA, president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance; and Matt Salo, executive director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors, discussed a number of topics, including Medicaid expansion, the medical loss ratio, managing specialty populations, and more.
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