Value-Based Care Takes On Dentistry
May 19th 2020Medical and dental care in the United States are like estranged colleagues: nominally on the same team but rarely, if ever, in touch with each other. Some value-based payment arrangements may start to mend the rift, which could both improve overall health and reduce healthcare costs.
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Tecentriq Gets Fifth FDA Approval in Lung Cancer
May 18th 2020FDA today approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab) as an initial treatment for adults with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for certain patients with high programmed-death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression, marking the fifth approval of the immunotherapy in lung cancer and the fourth in advanced NSCLC.
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Opportunity Calling. Will COVID-19 Bring Telehealth Into the Mainstream of American Healthcare?
May 17th 2020If American healthcare does wind up getting divided into pre- and post-COVID-19 eras, the migration from in-person visits to telehealth ones will likely be one of the biggest developments on the right-hand side of the inflection.
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Opinion: Let’s Remember That This Brought Out the Best in Us
May 15th 2020Lili Brillstein, CEO of BCollaborative and member of the Managed Healthcare Executive® editorial advisory board discusses how the global shut-down and stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have benefitted us in many ways.
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Videoconferencing Eases Anxiety, Distress of the ‘Distance’ Caregivers of Cancer Patients
May 13th 2020Videoconferencing reduced anxiety and stress among “distance caregivers,” according to the results of randomized trial scheduled to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
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ACA Medicaid Expansion Shows Cancer Mortality Benefit, Especially Among Hispanics
May 13th 2020Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act resulted in a decrease in cancer mortality rates that translated into 785 fewer cancer deaths in 2017 expansion states, according to results of a study scheduled to be presented at annual meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which is now scheduled to be held virtually May 29-31 instead of in Chicago.
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