Briana Contreras

A majority of executives believe technology has become an inseparable part of the human experience in a recent survey. However, a bit more than half of those execs said advancements in new technologies and scientific innovations are positioned to disrupt the industry.

In this week's episode, Briana Contreras spoke with Suzet McKinney, CEO of the Illinois Medical District and an Adjunct Instructor at Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The two discussed the role of social determinants when promoting health and health equity and most importantly why and how racism is a public health issue.

In this part two of two video series Adam Block discusses his recent article, “Profits of Publicly Traded Health Plans Surge Amid Requests for Higher Rates.”

In this part one of two video series, Adam Block, a New York Medical College assistant professor, discusses his recent contributed article to Managed Healthcare Executive titled "Profits of Publicly Traded Health Plans Surge Amid Requests for Higher Rates."

In this part two of two series, Carolyn Langer, M.D., Fallon Health's chief medical officer, talks about Collective Medical and the advantages of real-time notifications of member hospital admissions and discharges and emergency department visits.

This week on Tuning Into The C-Suite, Managed Healthcare Executive Senior Editor Peter Wehrwein speaks with Assistant Professor of Public Health at New York Medical College, Adam Block. The two discuss Block's recent article published in MHE, "Profits of Publicly Traded Health Plans Surge Amid Requests for Higher Rates" and more.

In this part one of two series, Carolyn Langer, M.D., the chief medical officer, says the Massachusetts health plan mounted a big push on telehealth that includes in-person visit payment levels.

As several COVID-19 vaccine candidates are now in the late phase of clinical trials, MHE is sharing a few stories that have covered the infamous virus' vaccine development journey.

Briana Contreras speaks with Dan Knecht, Vice President of Clinical Product at CVS Health about telehealth, patient access, CVS minute clinics and Path to Better Health.

Jagdish Khubchandani, a Health Science professor at Ball State University, provides tips and reminders to help keep one of the most vulnerable populations safe during the continuous battle of COVID-19. Some tips not only include frequent hand-washing and wearing masks, but getting enough sleep is also just as important.

The role of technology in response to COVID-19 is a tipping point for virtual behavioral health services, according to a recent Accenture report.

MHE's Briana Contreras spoke with CEO of Scripta, Eric Levin. The two discussed the current state of the pharmacy benefit market and how the Scripta organization has been assisting its clients and their prescriptions prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and during.

SingleCare analyzed consumer prescription demand and fill data in the weeks leading up to shelter in place orders, beginning in March, and the subsequent months after the pandemic to see how COVID has impacted the healthcare trends of Americans.

In this week's episode of Tuning Into the C-Suite podcast, Briana Contreras of MHE speaks with Ben Kanter, MD, board-certified pulmonologist and chief medical information officer for Vocera Communications, not only about how critical it is for hospitals to have sufficient supplies of non-contaminated PPE for the safety of patients and healthcare workers, but also to discuss solutions of technology, collaboration and more that address the challenges of delivering patient care while wearing PPE.

CDC issued a newly updated mask consideration which includes alternatives and adaptations for those with hearing loss and other communication disorders.

Jim Beiermann, CFO, and Danny Irland, senior vice president of network operations and chief network officer of Southwestern Health Resources discuss their focus of value-based care through ACO and Next Generation Programs within the company with Managed Healthcare Executive Senior Editor, Peter Wehrwein.

The healthcare tech company will assist health plans in meeting Care for Older Adults requirements.

Jim Beiermann and Danny Irland, both of Southwestern Health Resources, discuss their focus of value-based care through ACO and Next Generation Programs.

Peter Wehrwein, senior editor at Managed Healthcare Executive, spoke with Lisa Griffin, senior vice president of front-end operations at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, about the pivot to telehealth, "seamless access" and racism.

Peter Wehrwein, senior editor at Managed Healthcare Executive, spoke with Lisa Griffin, senior vice president of front-end operations at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, about the pivot to telehealth, "seamless access" and racism.

In this week's episode of Tuning Into The C-Suite podcast, Senior Editor Peter Wehrwein has a conversation with John "Jack" Linehan, a lawyer for Epstein Becker Green, about coupons and accumulators. Jack is an expert on drug distribution and reimbursement, and few people know as much about coupons and accumulators as he does. Peter and Jack go over some of the basics, who is advantaged and disadvantaged, and then dive into some the details on CMS regulations and how recent proposed changes to Medicaid best price rules would, if finalized, affect coupons and accumulators.

Peter Wehrwein, senior editor at Managed Healthcare Executive, spoke with Lisa Griffin, senior vice president of front-end operations at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, about the pivot to telehealth, "seamless access" and racism.

Of the 87% of executives who see convergence already happening, 89% say it is accelerating—up from 21% who said the same in 2018.

In this week's episode of Tuning Into The C-Suite podcast, MHE's Briana Contreras chatted with David Calabrese, R.Ph, MHP, who is senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer of pharmacy care services company, OptumRx. David is also a member of Managed Healthcare Executives’ Editorial Advisory Board. During the discussion, he shared the OptumRx Quarter 2 Drug Pipeline Insights Report of 2020. Some of the information shared includes the three notable drugs currently being reviewed or those that have been recently approved by the FDA. Also discussed were any interesting industry trends to watch for.

Data to assess the prevalence and severity of COVID-19 among pregnant U.S. women and determine whether signs and symptoms differ among pregnant and nonpregnant women are limited, according to a report by the CDC.

John D'Amore, president and co-founder for Diameter Health, speaks with Managed Healthcare Executive Senior Editor, Peter Wehrwein, about fast healthcare interoperability resources standards , or FHIR, as they apply to insurers. There are new CMS FHIR regulations for Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care plans that go into effect in July 2021. Private insurers are expected to follow suit.

During the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2020 Annual Meeting, Flatiron Health, Foundation Medicine, and Genentech presented plans for the Prospective Clinico-Genomic study (PCG), a low-interventional pilot that will use a technology-enabled prospective data collection platform to simplify data collection for patients with lung cancer being treated through clinical trials. The idea is collect blood samples using Foundation Medicine’s liquid biopsy assay and analyze the results through Flatiron’s platform, to see if genomic changes can be detected over the course of cancer treatment. Bobby Green, MD, chief medical officer for Flatiron Health, spoke with Managed Healthcare Executive®.

John Kalamaras, business intelligence analytics manager of DataGen, chats with Managed Healthcare Executive's Briana Contreras, about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS’, recent announcement of the changes they’ve made for participants in their value-based programs, specifically those in bundled-care programs like BPCI Advanced, whose episodes were affected by COVID-19.