This Week in Managed CareLife Expectancy Disparities and Other Health News

Published: July 20, 2019, 12:05 p.m.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care\xae\xa0recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.\n\nThis week, the top managed care news included CMS pushing for bundled payments in radiation oncology; reports detailing deficiencies in hospice care; a study finding\xa0widening disparities in life expectancy among white Americans.\n\nRead more about the stories in this podcast:\nCMS Proposes Bundled Payments for Radiation Oncology: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/cms-proposes-bundled-payments-for-radiation-oncology\nOIG Reports Find Deficiencies in Hospice Care and Resulting Harms to Patients: https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/oig-reports-find-deficiencies-in-hospice-care-and-resulting-harms-to-patients\nStudy Reveals Declining Life Expectancy Among White Americans That Defies Easy Answers: https://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/study-reveals-declining-life-expectancy-among-white-americans-that-defies-easy-answers\nSystolic, Diastolic BP Both Predict Cardiovascular Events, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds: https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/systolic-diastolic-bp-both-predict-cardiovascular-events-kaiser-permanente-study-finds\nNumber of Manufacturers and Generic Drug Pricing From 2005 to 2017: https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2019/2019-vol25-n7/number-of-manufacturers-and-generic-drug-pricing-from-2005-to-2017