Cardiovascular benefit of 'polypill' evaluated in BMJ
Three different drugs at half the standard dose are estimated to reduce the risk of stroke by 63% and ischemic heart disease (IHD) events by 46% for those aged 60 to 69 years, according to a study in BMJ. Another study published in the same issue recommends that those with known occlusive vascular disease and everyone aged 55 years or older take a "polypill," including the combination of blood pressure-lowering drugs, a statin, folic acid, and aspirin.
The first part of our conversation with Christopher Stanley, M.D., MBA, the newest member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board.
Unifying care management doubled patient outreach with the same staff, and virtual physical therapy is cutting costs, says Populance's Christopher Stanley, M.D.
Christopher Stanley, M.D., MBA, says Henry Ford Health's growth has led Populance to put its push for outside customers on hold and focus on its own system.
Geisinger Health Plan President Jeremy Gaskill says being owned by a health system aligns incentives, cuts payer-provider busywork and speeds care to patients.
Geisinger Health Plan expects Medicaid enrollment to fall roughly 10% as H.R. 1 takes effect, President Jeremy Gaskill says, though the timing is still unclear.
As other insurers pull back, Geisinger Health Plan isn’t exiting any Medicare Advantage plans for 2027 and expects to grow, President Jeremy Gaskill says.
The second part of our interview with Jeremy Gaskill, the president of the Geisinger Health Plan. Gaskill discusses trends in the various segments of the health insurance market—Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, the employer-based commercial market and the ACA marketplace.