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Mashup Score: 0What We’re Reading: Rural Health Clinic Accreditation; Cancer Mortality in Black Women; COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Savings - 22 hour(s) ago
The Joint Commission is launching the Rural Health Clinic Accreditation Program to standardize staff training and patient care practices at rural health clinics nationwide; the American Cancer Society recently launched the largest-ever study of cancer risk and outcomes in Black women; the HHS COVID-19 vaccination campaign saved $732 billion by preventing illness and related costs.
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The American Journal of Managed Care provides insights into the latest news and research in managed care across multimedia platforms.
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Kimberly Westrich, MA, of the National Pharmaceutical Council, explains how the 340B program is linked to increased drug spending and the hidden costs associated with it.
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Mashup Score: 0Medicare Trust Fund Extends Solvency Another 5 Years - 2 day(s) ago
The Medicare trust fund is now expected to deplete in 2036, with the Inflation Reduction Act being credited for at least some of the extension.
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Updated findings from SunRISe-1 also showed that all but 1 responder achieved complete response within 12 weeks of treatment with the targeted gemcitabine delivery system.
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Fifty percent of US rural hospitals are facing financial problems; US lawmakers have called out the corporate spending of 3 large nursing home companies; hospice patients under Medicare Advantage are now facing uncertainty after the government ended its pilot program.
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Mashup Score: 2Dr Ryan Stice Shares Strategy on Expanding Access to Care With Virtual Population Health Teams - 3 day(s) ago
In an interview during The American Journal of Managed Care®’s Institute for Value-Based Medicine® event, held with Sutter Health, Ryan Stice, PharmD, BCPS, explains the impact virtual population health teams can have on improving access to care for patients with cardiometabolic conditions.
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Mashup Score: 0What We’re Reading: Drug Shortage Legislation; US Respiratory Virus Levels; Child Death Racial Disparities - 3 day(s) ago
The Senate Finance Committee has introduced bipartisan legislation that proposes using Medicaid and Medicare programs to help prevent and reduce generic drug shortages; US indicators for COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) declined further last week; findings from a recent study reveal growing disparities in child death rates across racial and ethnic groups.
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Speakers discussed the disparities in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening rates among different racial groups and explored the potential of free PSA percentage as a predictive marker for future prostate cancer risk.
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Mashup Score: 0What Mass General Brigham is Doing to Combat Prostate Cancer Disparities Among Men of Color - 3 day(s) ago
Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, MBA, chief of urology at Brigham & Women’s Faulkner Hospital, highlighted successful efforts to improve prostate cancer care access for underserved communities in Massachusetts.
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During the Saturday morning plenary session at the @AmerUrological Annual Meeting ( #AUA24 ), Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, MBA, chief of urology @BrighamWomens, shed light on the pressing issue of #prostatecancer disparities among men of color. Learn more here: https://t.co/uHcAZZjYYU https://t.co/KkgveRazBb
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What We’re Reading: #RuralHealth Clinic Accreditation; #CancerMortality in Black Women; #COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Savings Learn more here: https://t.co/JiaY2obGSK https://t.co/B9gnZs0uZd