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Cate Lockhart, Pharm.D., Ph.D., spoke at AMCP Nexus about biosimilars, the insulin biosimilar Semglee and the role of PBMs.

The growing ranks of FDA-approved orphan drugs for rare diseases have saved and improved many lives. But the high-priced drugs are also a major cost burden.

Jen Norton spoke at AMCP Nexus about biosimilar trends of 2021 and what to expect in the next 12 months

Barlow spoke at AMCP Nexus about gene and cell therapy and about how payment models need to adjust to account for their high initial cost and their durable — in some cases lifetime — effects.

Loucks, manager of specialty clinical pharmacy programs and formulary at Kaiser Permanente Washington, discusses metrics that might give healthcare providers an incentive to address healthcare disparities and concrete steps that could be taken to turn the talk about addressing healthcare disparities into a reality.

If the new drug is approved, a Mayo Clinic expert on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy sees the new medication as probably being among the second-line choices for patients who don’t respond to beta blockers and calcium channel blockers.

Rachel Goldberg, B.S.N, RN, director of behavioral health client partnerships and product innovation at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, is one of the emerging health leaders featured in the October 2021 issue of Managed Healthcare Executive. In this video she talks about the career achievement that has given her the greatest satisfaction and who has had the greatest influence on her life.

Rachel Kotok Goldberg is one of 13 up-and-coming health leaders featured in this annual Managed Healthcare Executive series.

The first panel discussion of the meeting was a window into the variety of ways that health plans are working to close health disparities.

Ann Mary Ferrie of Visiting Nurse Service of New York is one of the emerging health leaders featured in the October 2021 issue of Managed Healthcare Executive. In this video she talks about the career achievement that has given her the greatest satisfaction and who has had the greatest influence on her life, which is her mother.

Ann Mary Ferrie is one of 13 up-and-coming health leaders featured in this annual Managed Healthcare Executive series.

In COVID-19 news: An advisory committee recommends both J&J's and Moderna’s booster, Regeneron seeks full approved for its treatment and Merck seeks EUA for treatment. In cancer, the FDA approves Verzenio for early breast cancer, Keytruda for advanced cervical cancer, and Tecentriq in early nonsmall cell lung cancer.

The committee’s two-day meeting resulted in recommended approvals for both J&J’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 booster.

Harold Carter of Express Scripts is one of the emerging health leaders featured in the October 2021 issue of Managed Healthcare Executive. In this video he talks about the career achievement that has given him the greatest satisfaction and who has had the greatest influence on his life, which is his grandfather he is named after.

Harold Carter is one of 13 up-and-coming health leaders featured in this annual Managed Healthcare Executive series.

Health plans need to consider regulations and keep healthcare data secure to take full advantage of its enormous potential to broaden and reshape timely, effective delivery of care.

This European study enrolled patients with more severe cases of spinal muscular atrophy than a similar study conducted in the U.S.

In this video segment, Bhat discusses his early career as community health worker in East Baltimore and starting and leading the growth of Healthify, a company that helps healthcare organizes address the social determinants of health. Healthify has recently been acquired by Wellsky and Bhat's title is vice president of SDOH operations and sales. Bhat also discusses the sacrifices his parents made for him and his brother and their work ethic.

Manik Bhat is one of 13 up-and-coming health leaders featured in this annual Managed Healthcare Executive series.

Hikma, which makes the broad-spectrum antibiotic, has experienced manufacturing delays.

In this week’s episode, Managed Healthcare Executive Associate Editor Briana Contreras had the pleasure of meeting CEO of Quanterix and founder of Powering Precision Health, Kevin Hrusovsky. Quanterix is a blood-based biomarker analysis company. In this discussion, the two discussed Powering Precision Health and some tools like the Disruptive Innovation 5-step model that brings his vision closer of detecting and improving the health of patients sooner.

Matthew Bennett is senior vice president of Evernorth Care Delivery, a health services company and subsidiary of Cigna. Bennett is one of the emerging health leaders featured in the October 2021 issue of Managed Healthcare Executive. In this video he talks about the career achievement that has given him the greatest satisfaction, dissects his recent promotion and who has had the greatest influence on his life.

Matthew Bennett is one of 13 up-and-coming health leaders featured in this annual Managed Healthcare Executive series.

Ellen Beckjord, Ph.D., M.P.H., vice president of population health and clinical transformation at UPMC Health Plan in Pittsburgh, is one of the emerging health leaders featured in the October 2021 issue of Managed Healthcare Executive. In this video she talks about the career achievement that has given her the greatest satisfaction and the person who has had the greatest influence on her life.

Ellen Beckjord is one of 13 up-and-coming health leaders featured in this annual Managed Healthcare Executive series.

Before the pandemic, rural areas were ahead in telehealth adoption. That has changed during the pandemic, most obviously because many rural residents don’t have access to broadband.

The delivery of care model needs to scale across the community settings while servicing the unique needs of each patient.

In this video series, Agboola addresses two questions asked in the annual Emerging Health Leaders series: Which career accomplishment has given you the greatest satisfaction? and who has had the greatest influence on your life?

Foluso Agboola is one of 13 up-and-coming health leaders featured in this annual Managed Healthcare Executive series.

A 4.7% increase in health benefit costs for 2022 is expected by employers of health plans as they focus on improving employee benefits rather than cost-cutting, according to a Mercer survey.