Prompted by legislation, plans head into HSA territory

Patients and providers found common ground on the importance of correct billing estimates but did not see eye to eye in terms of digital scheduling tool use, according to a new survey by Experian Health.

Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. His guest this episode is John Baackes, the former CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan.

Researchers in Taiwan find no difference in fungal disease among patients treated with two different types of GVHD prophylaxis.

Featured in this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast is Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research at EBRI, who shed light on the evolving landscape of health benefits with editors of Managed Healthcare Executive.

Approximately two-thirds of patients responded to teduglutide, which is sold under the brand name Gattex as a treatment for short-bowel syndrome.

Researchers of a new JAMA study said that without further participation in accountable care organizations, including the ACO REACH model, the program is unlikely to meet its goal of reducing health disparities.