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® (AJMC®) 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 more twists in Senate Republicans' efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act as first the bill to repeal and replace failed to garner enough votes and then an idea to repeal only was a non-starter; a Medicare fraud sweep targeted opioid distribution; and the CDC reported 30 million Americans now have diabetes.
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