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Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—How Healthcare Spending Has Changed 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 analysis of how healthcare spending has changed in the United States; a study finds people willing to try e-cigarettes smoke less and are more likely to quit; and a new cholesterol test that doesn't require fasting gives more accurate results.
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Read more about the stories in this podcast:
How US Spending on Healthcare Has Changed Over Time
Smokers Willing to Try E-Cigarettes More Successful at Smoking Less, Study Says
New Cholesterol Test More Accurate Than Old Test That Requires Fasting
Perspectives of a Lipidologist: LDL Cholesterol Testing, PCSK9 Inhibitors
Study Suggests Screening Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome for ADHD
Implementing the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System for Improved Population Health
Personalized Care Key as Tirzepatide Use Expands Rapidly
April 15th 2025Using commercial insurance claims data and the US launch of tirzepatide as their dividing point, John Ostrominski, MD, Harvard Medical School, and his team studied trends in the use of both glucose-lowering and weight-lowering medications, comparing outcomes between adults with and without type 2 diabetes.
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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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