This Week in Managed Care—COVID-19 Racial Disparities and Other Health News

Managed Care Cast

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week. This week, the top managed care news included CMS proposing rules for value-based contracting in Medicaid; claims data highlighting racial disparities in COVID-19 effects; an interview with Anthony Fauci, MD, on the progress made against HIV. Read more about the stories in this podcast: CMS Issues Rules to Promote Value-Based Contracting, Pay for High-Cost Therapies in Medicaid: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/cms-issues-rules-to-promote-valuebased-contracting-pay-for-highcost-therapies-in-medicaid Medicare Claims Data Further Highlight Pandemic's Toll on Racial Minorities: https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/medicare-claims-data-further-highlight-pandemics-toll-on-racial-minorities What Is Being Done to Assess the Disproportionate Effect of COVID-19 on Minority, Rural Communities? https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/what-is-being-done-to-assess-the-disproportionate-effect-of-covid19-on-minority-rural-communities Fauci: Countless Lives Have Been Saved, but an HIV Vaccine and Cure Remain Elusive: https://www.ajmc.com/interviews/fauci-countless-lives-have-been-saved-but-a-vaccine-and-cure-remain-elusive PwC Provides 3 Spending Scenarios to Address Implications of COVID-19 on the 2021 Medical Cost Trend: https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/pwc-provides-3-spending-scenarios-to-address-implications-of-covid19-on-the-2021-medical-cost-trend Infectious Diseases and Anemia in a Sample of Out-of-Treatment Drug Users: https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/1998/1998-09-vol4-n9/sep98-1074p1257-1264