Specialty benefit management incites health improvement, drives cost savings

Expenditures break down from managed care, out of pocket, investments and others. In 2022, the dominant share was held by managed care segment.

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.

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.

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.

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

Amongst a few recommendations, Commonweath is encouraging how and how much we as payers, providers and consumers pay for primary care.