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Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—CMS' Health IT Guidance 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 an announcement from CMS of creating direct provider contracting, plus a broad set of proposed rules for health information technology; new recommendations to improve postpartum care; a look at future competition among specialty drugs.
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CMS: "Meaningful Use" Is Out, "Interoperability" Is In
Humana Launches Bundled Payment Model to Improve Maternity Outcomes and Cost
What We're Reading: VA Pick's Hearing Delayed; Hospital Profits Fall; Re-Imagining Postpartum Care
ACOG Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting
Specialty Drug Pipeline Review Focuses on Competition, Cancer Drugs
Dr Aimee Tharaldson Discusses Key Market Trends in Specialty Pharmacy
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2018
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