This Week in Managed CareCOVID-19 Racial Disparities and Other Health News

Published: June 27, 2020, 11 a.m.

b"Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care\\xae\\xa0recaps the top managed care news of the week.\\n\\nThis 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.\\n\\nRead more about the stories in this podcast:\\nCMS 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\\nMedicare 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\\nWhat 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\\nFauci: 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\\nPwC 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\\nInfectious 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"