Pipeline Preview (October 2006)

Teva’s Weltruza delivers olanzapine monthly under the skin, with no loading doses, oral supplementation or post-injection monitoring required.

Value-based care has scored some cost-saving successes, says Christopher Stanley, M.D., MBA, president of Henry Ford Health's Populance. Health systems that build their own value-based care strategy, rather than adopting particular models one by one, will be in the best position to succeed, he says.

The second half of our conversation with Christopher Stanley, M.D., MBA, the president of Henry Ford Health's Populance and the newest member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board.

The first part of our conversation with Christopher Stanley, M.D., MBA, the president of Henry Ford Health's Populance and 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.