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Podcast: This Week in Managed Care - Finding a New HHS Secretary, and Other Health News
Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.
Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.
This week, the top managed care stories included speculation regarding who would replace Tom Price, MD, as HHS secretary; a report on breast cancer mortality trends and racial disparities from 1989 to 2015; and the FDA announced new strategies to improve patient access to less expensive drugs.
Read more about the stories in this episode:
What We're Reading: Replacing Price; CHIP Deadline Passes; STDs in America
Drop in Breast Cancer Death Rate Saved More Than 322,000 Lives From 1989 to 2015
Kim Woofter on the Importance of Outside Partnerships for Community Oncology Practices
Latest FDA Efforts to Expand Access Involve Complex Generic Drugs, Investigational Treatments
Afrezza Gets Label Update; MannKind to Launch New Talks With Payers
Fast-Acting Insulin Aspart for Mealtime Gains FDA Approval
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