Managed Care Cast

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week included news that Republicans have an outline for replacing the Affordable Care Act, pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical companies pointing fingers at one another over drug costs, and a report on engagement for patients with chronic conditions.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week included news that Republicans have an outline for replacing the Affordable Care Act, pharmacy benefit managers and pharmaceutical companies pointing fingers at one another over drug costs, and a report on engagement for patients with chronic conditions.

At the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care (PCOC) meeting in Baltomore, Maryland, speakers discussed new therapies, such as CAR-T cells, financial toxicity, payment reform, and more. Here we present key takeaways from the sessions and panels presented at the PCOC meeting in Baltimore in the words of the presenters themselves.

At the 5th annual Patient-Centered Oncology Care (PCOC) meeting in Baltomore, Maryland, speakers discussed new therapies, such as CAR-T cells, financial toxicity, payment reform, and more. Here we present key takeaways from the sessions and panels presented at the PCOC meeting in Baltimore in the words of the presenters themselves.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week included news that insurers in both blocked megamergers—Aetna-Humana and Anthem-Cigna—are not interested in appealing the decision and instead want to terminate the deals, a new proposed rule to tighten up enrollment for the Affordable Care Act and stabilize the marketplace, and a new law in New Jersey that provides the strictest mandates in the country for treating opioid and heroin addiction.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week included news that insurers in both blocked megamergers—Aetna-Humana and Anthem-Cigna—are not interested in appealing the decision and instead want to terminate the deals, a new proposed rule to tighten up enrollment for the Affordable Care Act and stabilize the marketplace, and a new law in New Jersey that provides the strictest mandates in the country for treating opioid and heroin addiction.

This week, the top managed care stories included final enrollment numbers for the Affordable Care Act for 2017, a report that revealed low rates of lung cancer screening, and a study found that a population-based weight management strategies can prevent diabetes.

This week, the top managed care stories included final enrollment numbers for the Affordable Care Act for 2017, a report that revealed low rates of lung cancer screening, and a study found that a population-based weight management strategies can prevent diabetes.

In the latest Managed Care Cast, Mandi Bishop, MA, CEO of Aloha Health, interviews Christopher A. Snider, a patient community advocate for Symplur, creator of patient community site My Disease Secret, and host of the Just Talking podcast, and social media strategist for Smart Patients.

They discuss Snider’s own diabetes diagnosis—he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2002—and his journey to patient advocate, finding a patient community on social media, what Symplur is doing with Twitter data it captures from disease communities, and more.

“My perspective with Symplur is that there is a lot of data that the patient community could potentially use to improve itself,” he said. “My initial work with them has been to try to figure out how to bring access to this mountain of data … that a lot of people don’t necessarily know exist … try to bring access to the patient community.”

You can follow Christopher on Twitter @iam_spartacus or visit his site at www.christopherasnider.com.

In the latest Managed Care Cast, Mandi Bishop, MA, CEO of Aloha Health, interviews Christopher A. Snider, a patient community advocate for Symplur, creator of patient community site My Disease Secret, and host of the Just Talking podcast, and social media strategist for Smart Patients.

They discuss Snider’s own diabetes diagnosis—he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2002—and his journey to patient advocate, finding a patient community on social media, what Symplur is doing with Twitter data it captures from disease communities, and more.

“My perspective with Symplur is that there is a lot of data that the patient community could potentially use to improve itself,” he said. “My initial work with them has been to try to figure out how to bring access to this mountain of data … that a lot of people don’t necessarily know exist … try to bring access to the patient community.”

You can follow Christopher on Twitter @iam_spartacus or visit his site at www.christopherasnider.com.