Reforms make managed care irrelevant

Optum Rx officials said they now have eliminated reauthorization requirements for more than 140 chronic disease medications.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. In this episode, his guest is Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., director of health benefits research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Patients addicted to opioids receive less mental health care if they are only covered by public insurance, compared with patients receiving care through alternate funding, according to a recent study published in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. His guest this episode is John Baackes, the former CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan.

Cuts to Medicaid have divided Republicans in the Senate

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