Demise of managed care boosts costs

Health spending and medical care prices typically outpace growth over the overall economy, but as of mid-2022, inflation rates of the economy have reached a four-decade high.

The senior vice president of health services and chief medical officer at Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia discusses the spotlight that the COVID-19 pandemic put on behavioral health and Independence's integration of behavioral health into its coverage and care management in this month's episode of “What's on Your Mind?" podcast.

Researchers caution, though, that their findings should not be construed as an endorsement of liberal use of opioids by new mothers.

Briana Contreras, an editor of Managed Healthcare Executive, chats with Bronwyn Spira, CEO and founder of Force Therapeutics, in this week's episode about CMS' new CPT codes that were introduced in 2022.

Managing Directors of L.E.K. Consulting, Joe Johnson, Todd Clark and Brendan Mitchell introduce the innovations happening in pharmacy, more specifically disruptive innovations, and how they affect managed care. The team explained some of the innovations to be on the lookout for in the future, also.

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy is throwing its support behind federal legislation that would create a Medicare benefit category for prescription digital therapeutics.