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Why Parents Are Refusing the Vitamin K Shot
October 6, 2026 · 25 minOn this episode, AJMC spoke with Jaspreet Loyal, MD, about vitamin K refusals, which many clinicians believe may be a downstream effect of broader vaccine hesitancy.
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Value-Based Oncology After the Enhancing Oncology Model
October 5, 2026 · 30 minOpaque benchmarks, payment lags of 12 to 18 months, and rules that changed mid-model led American Oncology Network (AON) to exit the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), according to AON Chief Medical Officer Stephen "Fred" Divers, MD. In this…
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Closing the Gap: How AON Is Turning AI and the Patient Voice Into Practice
October 2, 2026 · 32 minCommunity oncology practices can close the gap between innovation and implementation by building patient feedback into real-time clinical pathways, using AI to speed up physician decision-making, and better supporting caregivers of…
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MA Switching Surges Among Dually Eligible Adults: Grace Mackleby, PhD
September 29, 2026 · 13 minThis week's Managed Care Cast episode features a conversation between The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) and Grace Mackleby, PhD, a research scientist at the USC Schaeffer Center, about her study, "Plan Switching Among Medicare…
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Ethics of Kalshi's Drug Betting Markets: Jonathon Kimmelman, PhD
September 22, 2026 · 28 minOn this episode, I spoke with Jonathan Kimmelman, PhD, professor of biomedical ethics and associate member of the Department of Experimental Medicine at McGill University, about the ethical concerns surrounding Kalshi as it relates to…
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Peer Support, Not Perfect Words, Key to Suicide Prevention
September 15, 2026 · 29 minDuring Suicide Prevention Month, UPMC experts discuss how lived experience, peer support, and connection strengthen suicide prevention.
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Inside Myeloma's Evolution From Death Sentence to Cure
September 1, 2026 · 24 minSeptember is Blood Cancer Awareness Month, and to mark it, we have a special Director's Cut episode of Managed Care Cast. My name is Maggie Shaw, lead editor at AJMC, and my guest today is Surbhi Sidana, MD, associate professor of medicine…
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Introducing Future-Proofing Pharmacy With Mark Makhinson, PharmD
August 27, 2026 · 7 minHealth-system pharmacy is entering a decade of change, and Future-Proofing Pharmacy is built to keep asking what that future should look like. In this debut episode, host Mark Makhinson, PharmD, senior director of outpatient and specialty…