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KOL Corner: Amy Ellis Discusses Value-Based Care Programs With Brian Kern of Friar Levitt
Value-based care has been a big prerogative of CMS for the last decade, and it's not going away, Brian Kern, a lawyer with Frier Levitt, told Amy Ellis, director of quality and value-based care at Northwest Medical Specialties.
Value-based care has been a big prerogative of CMS for the last decade, and it's not going away, Brian Kern, a lawyer with Frier Levitt, told Amy Ellis, director of quality and value-based care at Northwest Medical Specialties. The government programs, such as the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement, Medicare Shared Savings Program, and Oncology Care Model, are important because practices learn from them and hopefully take these similar models to private payers, which transform healthcare.
Through these value-based care programs, data analytics is crucial to help physicians understand cost, improve outcomes, and increase patient satisfaction.
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Navigating Sport-Related Neurospine Injuries, Surgery, and Managed Care
February 25th 2025On 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.
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Shaping Dermatology's Future by Increasing Access, Data, and Advocacy
March 7th 2025Thy N. Huynh, MD, FAAD, Bruce A. Brod, MHCI, MD, FAAD, and Melissa Piliang, MD, FAAD, discussed expanding access to pediatric dermatology, dermatology data aggregation, and advocacy for Medicare physician payment reform, respectively.
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Varied Access: The Pharmacogenetic Testing Coverage Divide
February 18th 2025On 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.
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Eliminating Enhanced PTCs Would Have Cascading Economic Impacts, Report Estimates
March 6th 2025Enhanced premium tax credits (PTCs) have made marketplace health insurance more affordable, and eliminating them could have sweeping impacts on consumers and the health care industry, according to a new report.
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