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This Week In Managed Care—Medicare Part A Is Running Out 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 include Medicare Part A will run out earlier than predicted; healthcare costs for families continue to rise; and thousands of women with a common form of early breast cancer can forgo chemotherapy.
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Read more about the stories in this podcast:
Medicare Part A to Run Out Three Years Earlier Than Predicted, Report Says
Healthcare for Family of Four Will Cost Over $28K in 2018
Nearly Half of Patients With Metastatic CSCC Respond to Cemiplimab, on Fast Track at FDA
Keynote-042 Confirms First-Line Pembrolizumab Superior to Chemotherapy in PD-L1—Low Advanced NSCLC
ZUMA-1: Response to Axi-cel at Three Months Prognostic for Remission in B-cell Lymphoma
Dr James Lin Chen Outlines Information Needs in Era of Precision Medicine
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