Douglas Weber, MD, explains how zuranolone has changed the landscape for postpartum depression treatment, addressing a gap in care within the specialty.Autor: Managed Care Cast

Charlie Borowicz, manager of trans and gender diverse health at Allegheny Health Network, shares how the program offers comprehensive patient-first care to those in the LGBTQ and gender diverse community.Autor: Managed Care Cast

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the University of Southern California's Erin Duffy, PhD, MPH, an author of a study published in the June 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®.Her study, "Deductible Double Jeopardy: Patients May Pay More Out of Pocket When Pregnancy Crosses 2 Years" discusses how annual high-de…

In this fifth, and final, special bonus episode of our Pride Month series, we speak with Lauren Albrecht, director of advocacy and organizing, and Layla Orlando, director of health equity and wellness, at Garden State Equality, the largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization in New Jersey.Autor: Managed Care Cast

In our fourth Pride Month podcast episode, we are speaking with Domenico Ruggerio, executive director of We Are Family, in Charleston, South Carolina, the state's oldest nonprofit, which provides life-affirming and life-saving programs for LGBTQ+ youth.Autor: Managed Care Cast

For June, we are bringing you a limited-edition podcast series to celebrate Pride Month. In our third episode, we speak with Patrick McGovern, CEO of Callen-Lorde since August of 2023 and an outspoken advocate for HIV, LGBTQ+, and community health.Autor: Managed Care Cast

In this interview, we discuss immigrant health with Kheir Mugwaneza, the lead project manager of the Immigrant and Refugee Health Program at Allegheny Health Network.Autor: Managed Care Cast

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Dr Paige Nong, the author of a study published in the Health IT bonus issue. Her study, "Equity and AI Governance at Academic Medical Centers," found that academic medical centers show minimal consideration for equity when developing governance for AI technologies; this highlights the need fo…

For June, we are bringing you a limited-edition podcast series to celebrate Pride Month. In our second episode, we speak with Perry Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH, dean and Hunterdon Professor of Public Health & Health Equity at the Rutgers School of Public Health and founder and director of the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior & Prevention Studies at…

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Kristine Ashcraft, the president and founder of YouScript, a tool that helps to predict adverse drug events and personalize patient care.We discuss the lack of awareness of genetic variants among patients and the recent adoption of biomarker testing legislation in some states. This legislatio…

For June, we are bringing you a limited-edition podcast series to celebrate Pride Month. In this, our first episode, we speak with Tiffany Shirley, president of Lancaster Pride.Autor: Managed Care Cast

In this episode of Managed Care Cast, Nihar Desai, MD, MPH, cardiologist and vice chief of Cardiology at the Yale School of Medicine, discusses therapies for cardiovascular conditions as they relate to patient adherence, polypharmacy, and health access.Autor: Managed Care Cast

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Illinois CancerCare's Pankaj Kumar, MD, and Stephanie Parker, PharmD, 2 authors of a commentary published in the May 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care.Their commentary, "Access Denied: CMS’ Action Hurts Patients With Cancer in Rural America," discusses how recent CMS rules re…

In the series debut episode of Frameworks for Advancing Health Equity, Mary Sligh, CRNP, and Chelsea Chappars, of Allegheny Health Network, explain how the Urban Health Outreach program aims to improve health equity for individuals experiencing homelessness.Autor: Managed Care Cast

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Karen Iapoce, senior director of government products and programs at ZeOmega. We discussed CMS's recent Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage final rule and how it affects enrollees and health plans.Autor: Managed Care Cast

To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our final episode of this limited series and our conversation with Janine Jelks-Seale, MSPPM, director of health equity at UPMC Health Plan.…

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the University of Pennsylvania's Ravi Parikh, MD, MPP, and Aaron Schwartz, MD, PhD, 2 authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®.Their study, "Trends in Low-Value Cancer Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic," discusses how rates of low-value can…

To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our third episode and our conversation with Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, program director of quality improvement/Medicare/SNP STARs at UPMC Health Plan…

To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our second episode in which we learn all about Freedom House 2.0 and the Pathways to Work Program from its very own Dan LaVallee, senior director, Social Impact, UP…

To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are kicking off a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our first episode, which is all about the Baby Steps Maternity Program and its mission to support women throughout every step of their pregnancy journey.…

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Dennis Scanlon, PhD, the editor in chief of the American Journal of Accountable Care® and a health policy professor at Penn State University. Topics we are discussing include President Biden's recent prescription drug proposals, prior authorization practices, price transparency, and the poten…

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health's Hannah Neprash, PhD; John Mulcahy, a PhD candidate; and Ezra Golberstein, PhD, the authors of a study published in the March 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®.Their study, "The Extent and Growth of Prior Authorization in …

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with J. Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH; Candy Magaña, MPA; and Bereket Kindo, PhD, the lead author, research and project lead, and data scientist of a study published in the February 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care. Their study, "Screening for Health Literacy, Social Determinants, an…

In the wake of the 2023 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition, Raymond Thertulien, MD, PhD, of Novant Health, and Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FACP, chief medical officer of the International Myeloma Foundation, discussed health equity research highlights from the meeting and drivers of racial disparities in multiple myelo…

The editors in chief of The American Journal of Managed Care® discuss the managed care developments of 2023 and anticipate trends on the horizon.Autor: Managed Care Cast

At the end of 2022, adagrasib received its first FDA approval for the treatment of adults with KRAS G12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer. Research is ongoing into adagrasib, a KRAS G12C inhibitor, for other tumors.In today’s episode, we're joined by Jun Gong, MD, associate professor of medicine and the medical dire…

Justin Bekelman, MD, director of the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation, sat with our hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, for our final episode of 2023 to discuss the importance of collaboration between academic medicine and community oncology and testing innovative cancer care delivery in these settings.…

Today, we bring you a podcast featuring insights from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Sonny Goyal, chief strategy officer at Blue Cross NC, discusses some top priorities, as well as the insurer’s multiple investments in primary care and the workforce to improve value-based care.Autor: Managed Care Cast

Today we are bringing you a conversation between 3 experts on precision medicine in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Martin Socinski, MD, executive director of the AdventHealth Cancer Institute, spoke with Martin Dietrich, MD, PhD, medical oncologist of Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute, and Joshua Sabari, MD, medical oncologist w…

Today we are bringing you part 2 of a 2-part podcast series on opportunities for biosimilars, specifically adalimumab biosimilars, in dermatology, gastroenterology, and rheumatology.The discussion was moderated by Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, director of Pharmacy Services at Emory Healthcare and Winship Cancer Institute. The topics of conversation for …

Today we are bringing you part 1 of a 2-part podcast series on opportunities for biosimilars, specifically adalimumab biosimilars, in dermatology, gastroenterology, and rheumatology.The discussion was moderated by Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, director of Pharmacy Services at Emory Healthcare and Winship Cancer Institute. The topics of conversation for …

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Emily Goldberg, MS, CGC, genetic counselor at JScreen, breaks down how genetic screening for breast cancer works and why it is so important to increase awareness and education around these screening tools available to patients who may be at risk for cancer.Autor: Managed Care Cast

Lucio Gordan, MD, president and managing physician of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, discusses recently updated clinical guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) in multiple myeloma, which specifically discuss disease staging and risk stratification and advise clinicians on how to address 1q abnormalities.…

A biomedical engineer by education, Shah spent the first 5 years of his professional career as practice administrator and business manager at Gettysburg Cancer Center, working with his father, a community oncologist. From there, he moved to Flatiron Health and in July of 2017, helped to found OneOncology. Thyme Care was founded in July of 2020, and…

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the senior author of a study published in the September 2023 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® on the importance of adequate and effective lung cancer risk factor documentation to determine a patient's eligibility for screening.Farhood Farjah, MD, MPH, FACS, is thoracic surgeon at the…

In part 2 of this 2-part podcast, a panel of experts discusses challenges with biosimilar uptake, interchangeability studies, patient and provider education.Autor: Managed Care Cast

Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute's (FCS') Nathan Walcker, chief executive office at FCS, discusses some key strategic practices and initiatives in providing high quality community-based oncology care he has implemented at FCS.Autor: Managed Care Cast

In part 1 of this 2-part podcast, a panel of experts discusses the clinical manifestations of inflammatory diseases and the potential for biosimilars to treat these diseases.Autor: Managed Care Cast

At this year’s American Society for Preventive Cardiology’s Congress on CVD Prevention, Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, delivered the Honorary Fellow Award Lecture, “The Imperative to Focus on the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation,” as the recipient of this year’s Honorary Fellow of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology award—having received …

Jeff Patton, MD, CEO and board member of OneOncology and executive chairman of Tennessee Oncology, joins hosts Emeline Aviki, MB, MBA, of NYU Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, ofTennessee Oncology, for our third episode.Patton, also chairman of the Community Oncology Alliance and a board-certified hematologist and o…

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the lead researcher from a study published in the May 2023 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about the impact of low-income subsidies on the uptake and equitable use of expensive orally administered antimyeloma therapy.Shelley Jazowski, PhD, MPH, is a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt…

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the lead researcher from a study published in the June 2023 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about how employers and their employees are utilizing direct-to-consumer (DTC) telehealth to reduce the cost of care.Krisda Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, is a general internist, primary care physicia…

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Kathy Leyden, vice president of community engagement at Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP), discusses key initiatives and areas of focus to address hunger and food insecurity issues across Upstate New York.Autor: Managed Care Cast

On this episode of Oncology Onward, Dr. Debra Patt, executive vice president of policy and strategic initiatives and director of public policy at Texas Oncology joins cohosts Dr Emeline Aviki and Dr Stephen Schleicher for a jam-packed discussion that touches on topics that have never been more timely in the oncology space: the economics behind the …

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the lead researcher from a study published in the July 2023 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® on whether social determinants of health is a predictor for identifying high-cost utilizers among those with commercial health insurance.Autor: Managed Care Cast

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we’re talking with 2 individuals who were essential in the creation and implementation of the Health Access Initiative for Recovery (Our HAIR), launched by Community Care Behavioral Health Organization of Pittsburgh, PA.Autor: Managed Care Cast

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we feature several leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion advancing health equity in their respective organization’s policy and practice initiatives.Autor: Managed Care Cast

In part 2 of this 2-part series on health equity in the treatment of psoriasis, Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, and Bryan Buckley, DrPH, discuss how providers can address disparities in psoriasis care, specifically with race, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds in mind.Autor: Managed Care Cast

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Bruce W. Sherman, MD, of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, about a recent study on wage-level disparities effecting the utilization of mental health resources, for which he was lead investigator; the study articles appear in the April issue of The American Journal of Managed Care…

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we feature several leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion advancing health equity in their respective organization’s policy and practice initiatives.Autor: Managed Care Cast