Authors


Ian Tong,M.D.

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Tackling LGBTQ+ Bias in Healthcare

The chief medical officer for Grand Rounds Health and Doctor on Demand says the healthcare industry needs to be committed to creating equitable and inclusive environments.


James J. Oh

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Don’t Panic. Or Don’t Get Your Hopes Up. The FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Non-competes May or May Not Go Into Effect

Even if the Federal Trade Commission were to ban noncompetes, legal challenges to block the ban are nearly certain.


Ken Tarkoff

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Bringing Real World Evidence into the Care Setting

Real-world evidence (RWE) has the potential to be a transformative tool for healthcare providers to enhance the care they deliver to patients.


Aine Cryts

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3 Takeaways About Managing the Cost of MS

Multiple sclerosis is dependably among the most expensive chronic diseases to treat, but there are ways to reduce the size of the bill.


Anthony J. Schueth, MS

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Four Reasons Payers Are Investing in Real-Time Benefit Check

Why the top PBMs are so excited about the promise of a new standardized transaction.


Aubrey Westgate

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Ten Things Health Execs Should Know about Lymphoma

New treatment approaches could lead to even higher costs associated with lymphoma. However, experts say these treatments hold great promise and could reduce costs in the long-term.


Aubrey Westgate

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Seven Things Managed Care Can Learn from Other Industries

Thinking out of the box leads to the best innovation sometimes. Here are lessons healthcare leaders say can be learned from other industries.


Barry Fortner, PhD

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Opinion: Top Trends Influencing the Future of Affordable Cancer Care

Here’s how community oncologists seize opportunities to improve the quality of care and create performance metrics.


Bryant Furlow

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The State of Biosimilars in 2019

While still largely a new phenomenon, biosimilars are here to stay-and this year will only bring more of them to market.


Christine Blank

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HHS Urges Payers Make Reasonable COVID-19 Vaccine Prices, Continue Coverage Once Government Supply Ends

Most private health insurance plans are required to cover vaccines for COVID-19 without patient cost-sharing.



Dhaval Shah

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Data is the Foundation for the Shift to Value-Based Care

Achieving success under the expanding influence of value-based care models.


F. Randy Vogenberg, PhD

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COVID-19, MCOs, Market Change, and Uncertainty

COVID-19 has scrambled MCO cost management.


John Schieszer

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News You Should Know: 3 Takeaways from Top Managed Care Articles May

Have two minutes? Listen to this quick podcast for critical takeaways from three of our top articles.


Karen Appold

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Emerging Industry Leaders: Jennifer Watts of Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Jennifer Watts, M.D., M.P.H., chief emergency management medical officer, director of global health and a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, a children’s hospital in Kansas City, Missouri is one of the 10 up-and-coming healthcare leaders featured in the annual Managed Healthcare Executive feature.


Kayt Sukel

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Fighting for Coverage

More consumers are purchasing short-term limited duration insurance plans-which will likely have long-lasting effects to consumers and the insurance market as a whole.


Mari Edlin

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What Are the Top Pharma Challenges Right Now?

The opioid epidemic is far from over, but it may slip behind other challenges. COVID-19 obviously tops the list of new problems and drug pricing and affordability will continue to soak up time and attention.


Mark Rowh

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10 Ways to Improve the Patient Experience

Top leaders share simple ways to cultivate patient loyalty.


Romilla A. Batra, MD

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Opinion: Using High Tech to Improve High-Touch Care for the Elderly

What about applying virtual reality tech to improve how we deliver person-centered care to all, including a focus on seniors? This is one area ripe for innovation.


Roy Beveridge, MD

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Real-World Benefits of Value-Based Care

A new report from Humana shows the benefits of value-based care for patients and providers.


Tracey Walker

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Three Experts Share Formulary Management Advice

Practical tips on how to approach formulary management.


Frieda Wiley, PharmD

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Top Issues Facing Pharma in 2020

Novel drugs, value-based contracting, biosimilars, and regulatory activity addressing costs will be among the hot button issues in the coming year.


Sanjeev Agrawal

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5 Core Beliefs Blocking Digital Transformation in Health Systems

As market forces visibly disrupt healthcare (less access to cheap capital, reimbursement pressures, rising demand for services in the face of constrained supply), digitally transforming core processes is not merely an option any more.


Brecken Anderson

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Four things to know about your millennial workforce

How actively engaging millennials can help manage healthcare staffing challenges.


Kristi Jones

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Five Things that Change the Quality Measurement and Reporting Game

Make the rules work for, rather than, against you by relying on these five critical capabilities.


Tamara Cull

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Three Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Improve Care Management

Here are three strategies to navigate toward next-generation care management and increase member engagement in the process


Steve Spires

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Six Ways to Support Healthcare Staff During Downsizing

The healthcare landscape is transforming. Here are six considerations to help your talent during restructuring, downsizing, and other transitions.


Kevin Pallardy

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Six Ways to Support Healthcare Staff During Downsizing

The healthcare landscape is transforming. Here are six considerations to help your talent during restructuring, downsizing, and other transitions.


Kenneth Maxik, MBA, MBB, FACHE

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Five ways health executives can impact the opioid crisis

Consider these five opportunities to help curb one of the biggest public health issues of the year.


Ralph C. Derrickson

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Three reasons telemedicine will grow in 2017

Technology, and specifically telemedicine, has an enormous role to play in improvements to clinical work flows, care coordination, and long-term health outcomes.

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