Managed Care Cast

Kim Zynn, vice president of UPMC Health Plan's provider network and development relations team, shares how physicians can become LGBTQIA+ affirming providers, which is designated within the health plan.

Douglas Weber, MD, explains how zuranolone has changed the landscape for postpartum depression treatment, addressing a gap in care within the specialty.

Charlie Borowicz, manager of trans and gender diverse health at Allegheny Health Network, shares how the program offers comprehensive patient-first care to those in the LGBTQ and gender diverse community.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the University of Southern California's Erin Duffy, PhD, MPH, an author of a study published in the June 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Her study, "Deductible Double Jeopardy: Patients May Pay More Out of Pocket When Pregnancy Crosses 2 Years" discusses how annual high-deductible insurance plans may increase maternity care costs when pregnancies cross 2 calendar years, causing patients to hit their cost-sharing limits twice.

In this fifth, and final, special bonus episode of our Pride Month series, we speak with Lauren Albrecht, director of advocacy and organizing, and Layla Orlando, director of health equity and wellness, at Garden State Equality, the largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organization in New Jersey.

In our fourth Pride Month podcast episode, we are speaking with Domenico Ruggerio, executive director of We Are Family, in Charleston, South Carolina, the state's oldest nonprofit, which provides life-affirming and life-saving programs for LGBTQ+ youth.

For June, we are bringing you a limited-edition podcast series to celebrate Pride Month. In our third episode, we speak with Patrick McGovern, CEO of Callen-Lorde since August of 2023 and an outspoken advocate for HIV, LGBTQ+, and community health.

In this interview, we discuss immigrant health with Kheir Mugwaneza, the lead project manager of the Immigrant and Refugee Health Program at Allegheny Health Network.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Dr Paige Nong, the author of a study published in the Health IT bonus issue.

Her study, "Equity and AI Governance at Academic Medical Centers," found that academic medical centers show minimal consideration for equity when developing governance for AI technologies; this highlights the need for health systems and policymakers to prioritize equity literacy and oversight policies.

For June, we are bringing you a limited-edition podcast series to celebrate Pride Month. In our second episode, we speak with Perry Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH, dean and Hunterdon Professor of Public Health & Health Equity at the Rutgers School of Public Health and founder and director of the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior & Prevention Studies at Rutgers, and James F. Dougherty, MS, VMD, Rutgers’ alumnus, former chairman of the Board of Trustees of the university, and current member of its Board of Governors.