ASCs and their urologists can often feel intimidated and ill-equipped to deal with the negotiation process. They may accept what payors offer and begrudgingly sit tight year after year knowing that ...

Kevin Dowdy, director of managed care for Meridian Surgical Partners, shares three tactics to improve your chances at successful managed care contract negotiations, and one you should avoid. 1. Know ...

John Michael O'Brien, PharmD, MPH, discussed the changes in managed care over the past 30 years to commemorate the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care®. Over my 30 years in health ...

To mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), each issue in 2025 will include a special feature: reflections from a thought leader on what has changed—and what has not ...

LAS VEGAS, July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RISE West 2025, the premier senior leadership conference for managed care executives, returns to Las Vegas this August, convening more than 500 industry ...

Changes to end-of-life wound classification in a recent Minimum Data Set update should be a positive for long-term care, but regulatory and legal ambiguity still surrounded the new coding procedures ...

States using managed care to handle long-term services and supports for Medicaid beneficiaries have reduced their nursing home populations, but it’s not necessarily residents with fewer needs making a ...