Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—CMS Drug Coverage Changes Draw Ire and Other Health News

On December 10, 2024, cardiologists, researchers, and value-based care experts gathered in Dallas, Texas, to discuss best practices for implementing advances in cardiology care with a value-based mindset, spanning the care continuum from prevention to treatment.

On 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.

Cabotegravir was found to prevent HIV acquisition as a monotherapy pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and to treat HIV as a combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) in its long-acting injectable form.

On 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.

Advancing technologies have transformed the detection of heart disease and, in turn, streamlined medical processes and relieved burden on health care systems.

When patients switched to either fostemsavir or the combination of dolutegravir/lamivudine (DTG/3TC), suppression was maintained in most patients.