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June 2018 - First Report Managed Care

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07/05/2018
Our experts dig in to the Trump Administration’s blueprint to lower drug prices in order to identify which strategies may be implemented soon and discuss how payers and employers should prepare. 
Our experts dig in to the Trump Administration’s blueprint to lower drug prices in order to identify which strategies may be implemented soon and discuss how payers and employers should prepare. 
Our experts dig in to the Trump...
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Department

Formulary Frontlines®
07/05/2018
Richard G Wenzel, PharmD, pharmacologist at the Diamond Headache Inpatient Unit, discusses novel therapies for acute migraines that will soon be FDA-approved and will provide an opportunity to reassess migraine approaches for this...
Richard G Wenzel, PharmD, pharmacologist at the Diamond Headache Inpatient Unit, discusses novel therapies for acute migraines that will soon be FDA-approved and will provide an opportunity to reassess migraine approaches for this...
Richard G Wenzel, PharmD,...
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Conference Insider
07/05/2018
A poster presented at the AAPM 2018 Annual Meeting found that smoked cannabis is a cost-effective treatment for pain related to diabetic neuropathy when added to second- and third-line treatments.
A poster presented at the AAPM 2018 Annual Meeting found that smoked cannabis is a cost-effective treatment for pain related to diabetic neuropathy when added to second- and third-line treatments.
A poster presented at the AAPM...
07/05/2018
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Managed Care Q&A
07/05/2018
An interview with Albert Thigpen, president and chief operating officer of CastiaRx.
An interview with Albert Thigpen, president and chief operating officer of CastiaRx.
An interview with Albert...
07/05/2018
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Conference Insider
07/05/2018
During the NAMCP 2018 Spring Managed Care Forum, Sanjay Sethi, MD, division chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Buffalo, outlined the recent clinical advances in the diagnosis and treatment of COPD.
During the NAMCP 2018 Spring Managed Care Forum, Sanjay Sethi, MD, division chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University of Buffalo, outlined the recent clinical advances in the diagnosis and treatment of COPD.
During the NAMCP 2018 Spring...
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Conference Insider
07/05/2018
A presentation at the NAMCP 2018 Spring Managed Care Forum outlined how individualized care can improve multiple sclerosis (MS) outcomes and highlighted how value-based strategies can mitigate costs among these patients.
A presentation at the NAMCP 2018 Spring Managed Care Forum outlined how individualized care can improve multiple sclerosis (MS) outcomes and highlighted how value-based strategies can mitigate costs among these patients.
A presentation at the NAMCP 2018...
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Conference Insider
07/05/2018
Mary Watson Montgomery, MD, of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School, discussed emerging HIV therapies and how health care decision makers can help patients access high quality HIV care at the NAMCP Spring Managed Care...
Mary Watson Montgomery, MD, of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School, discussed emerging HIV therapies and how health care decision makers can help patients access high quality HIV care at the NAMCP Spring Managed Care...
Mary Watson Montgomery, MD, of...
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07/05/2018
During the NAMCP Spring Managed Care Forum 2018, Robert M Rifkin, MD, FACP, medical director of biosimilars at McKesson Specialty Health, The US Oncology Network, explained how biosimilars can add value by increasing access and decreasing...
During the NAMCP Spring Managed Care Forum 2018, Robert M Rifkin, MD, FACP, medical director of biosimilars at McKesson Specialty Health, The US Oncology Network, explained how biosimilars can add value by increasing access and decreasing...
During the NAMCP Spring Managed...
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Viewpoint
07/05/2018
According to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, social determinants of health are “the structural determinants and conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.”
According to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, social determinants of health are “the structural determinants and conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.”
According to a report from the...
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07/05/2018
What the US health care system does not primarily focus on, is how to maintain and improve the health of individuals through services that are not directly linked to a medical need.
What the US health care system does not primarily focus on, is how to maintain and improve the health of individuals through services that are not directly linked to a medical need.
What the US health care system...
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07/05/2018
While the media is focused on the impact of threats to the health care industry from outside forces like Amazon and Walmart, Payers have been quietly buying up huge provider groups from across the country, indicating that the biggest changes...
While the media is focused on the impact of threats to the health care industry from outside forces like Amazon and Walmart, Payers have been quietly buying up huge provider groups from across the country, indicating that the biggest changes...
While the media is focused on...
07/05/2018
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