A Labeling Indication of SPMS Can Treat More Patients
December 16th 2020Fred Lublin, MD, says a new labeling indication of Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis broadens whom you can treat. He adds this will be very helpful to patients because it will treat groups that are progressing slowly without agents of activity.
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Accumulator, Maximizer Regulation Picks up at the State Level
December 12th 2020The five states have moved to prohibit accumulators and maximizers as the federal government takes a hands-off approach, according to John “Jack” S. Linehan, a lawyer at Epstein Becker Green, who is featured in this second part of a two-part video series.
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Biomarkers Used to Detect Secondary Progressive MS Needs Improvement for the Care of Patients
December 11th 2020Thomas P. Leist, MD, PhD, says doctors working with patients diagnosed with SPMS don't necessarily have prognostic biomarkers to detect SPMS. The best prognostic biomarkers they have currently are MRI and potentially neurofilament light. He adds their techniques need to improve in order to harness the full benefit of potentially individualizing care to the most optimal fashion in a given patient.
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Tackling Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Early on Benefits Patients in a Number of Ways
December 4th 2020Thomas P. Leist, MD, PhD, discusses secondary progressive MS, more specifically how very early control of the disease gives the patient the best chance for long term stability and gives the patient, the best chance of not entering the secondary state.
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Amwell in Favor of Extending Waivers Made for Reimbursable, Easy Access Telehealth Visits
November 10th 2020In this second of a two-part video interview with MHE, Amwell Chief Medical Officer Peter Antall says he is in favor of extending CMS waivers that made telehealth visits reimbursable and easy for patients and providers.
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Otis Brawley: Certain Cancer Screening Tests Have Exacerbated Health Disparities
November 2nd 2020The Johns Hopkins professor and new MHE editorial advisory board member discusses screening among race, how certain screening tests intensify health disparities and how the Trump administration is not correctly applying science within healthcare in this final part of a four-part video series.
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Otis Brawley: Praise for the ACA Till the Ideal Comes Along
October 15th 2020The Johns Hopkins professor and new MHE editorial advisory board member lauds the effects of the Affordable Care Act but holds out for a program that “gets every human being the healthcare that every human being deserves,” in this second part of a four-part series.
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Otis Brawley’s Split Screen: Racism, Lack of Caring — But Hope in the Response
October 13th 2020Some “don’t give a damn about their fellow man.” But in this first of four-part video series, the Johns Hopkins professor, former chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society, and MHE Editorial Advisory Board member is encouraged by diversity among protestors and the broadening of the efforts to tackle disparities of all kinds. “I think this is a long-term effort.”
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With MA Growing, Time to Make Some Comparisons
September 29th 2020Researchers compare beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease in a Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan sponsored by CareMore to patients in traditional Medicare, explains Amol Navathe, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, in this first of two part video series.
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The Idea of Value-Based Care Post-COVID-19
September 20th 2020In this part three of three video series, CEO of VirtualHealth, Adam Sabloff, discusses how VirtualHealth has responded to the recent industry shifts caused by COVID-19 and what value-based care will look like in the last days of COVID-19.
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How Tech, Upcoming Election Influence Future of Value-Based Care
September 19th 2020In this part two of three video series, CEO of VirtualHealth, Adam Sabloff, discusses the role technology plays in providing a whole-person view as a component in value-based care and how the election will impact the future of this specific type of care.
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How COVID-19 Impacts the Move Toward Value-Based Care
September 18th 2020In this part one of three video series, CEO of VirtualHealth, Adam Sabloff, discusses the birth of the healthcare services institution, what it's offering to the industry and how value-based care, in particular, is transforming especially because of COVID-19.
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Anti-VEGF Therapy for Diabetic Retinopathy Gets to the Root Cause
September 14th 2020Drugs block the formation of tiny blood vessels in the retina that are prone to breaking open, resulting in bleeds that can cause serious vision impairment and blindness, explains ADA chief scientific and medical officer, Robert Gabbay, in this conclusion of a four-part video series.
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ADA's Dr. Robert Gabbay Discusses Patient, System Challenges to Eyecare
September 13th 2020Less than half of Americans with diabetes get annual eye exams, says Robert Gabbay, M.D.,Ph.D., FACP, in this third of a four-part video series. Gabbay became chief scientific and medical officer for the American Diabetes Association this summer.
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Diabetes Drugs and Retinopathy: So Far, It's All About Lowering A1C Level
September 12th 2020In this second of a four-part video series, ADA Chief Science and Medical Officer Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP, says data showing kidney benefits of SGLT2 inhibitors may indicate protection against retinopathy but research is needed.
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Diabetes Can Lead to Leaky Retinal Blood Vessels, Sudden Blindness
September 11th 2020The American Diabetes Association and other groups are mounting a public health campaign to encourage people with diabetes to get annual eye exams. ADA Chief Scientific and Medical Officer Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP, explains "leaky blood vessels" and diabetic retinopathy in this first of a four-part video series.
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