The Corporate Wellness podcast will:

• Discuss the need for and emergence of corporate wellness programs
• Outline the most effective areas for wellness programs 
• Review the success of wellness programs in reducing health care costs

The Health Literacy podcast will:

• Discuss the importance of health literacy to individuals as well as health care providers
• Outline steps necessary to improve and promote health literacy

This Evidence Based Medicine Podcast will:

• Review trends and success stories in payor adoption of EBM principles
• Outline the key strategies, and changes necessary to help health plans successfully implement evidence based care management 
• Discuss the new role of the medical director in managed care as plans move to adopt evidence based practices

The Evidence Based Medicine podcast will:

• Define the role of the patient, physician and provider in the practice of EBM
• Discuss the processes and procedures necessary to apply EBM in medical decision making 
• Outline strategies and challenges to implementing EBM

The Retail Clinic Phenomenon podcast will:

• Discuss the emergence of retail clinics and what they provide
• Outline the optimal relationship between retail clinics and physicians
• Review the American Medical Association’s measures for store-based clinics

The Specialty Pharmacy Management podcast will:

• Discuss effective benefit designs for delivering biotech and injectable therapies.
• Review strategies major health plans employ for managing specialty drug costs, contracting with vendors and structuring benefits.

The Consumer-Directed Health Plans podcast will:

• Discuss the goals of Consumer-Directed Health Plans
• Examine the strengths and limitations of CDHPs
• Review early evidence about the effects of CDHPs on cost and quality of health care

The Evidence-Based Benefit Design podcast will:

• Outline the benefits, challenges and the future of evidence-based benefit design 
• Describe the framework health plans should have in place to support evidence-based benefit design
• Review ways to foster adoption of evidence-based practices
  

The Medicare Part D podcast will:

• Discuss the trends that will shape Medicare Part D now and in the future
• Look at the utilization, cost and outcomes of Medicare Part D
• Review the predicted action by CMS
  

The Future of Disease Management podcast will:

• Debate the pros and cons and the value of disease management programs
• Determine if disease management programs save money, and if not, how they can be changed to meet this goal
• Discuss what to look for in a disease management vendor

The Electronic Health Information podcast will:

• Look at the cost of implementing HIT, and how those costs will be off-set by future savings
• Discuss the timeline for implementation
• Examine the challenge of bringing in providers

Pay 4 Performance will:

• Discuss the benefits,  challenges and future of P4P
• Look at key clinical and quality measures
• Highlight current common metrics versus future metrics 
• Discuss how to ensure proper incentives are created 
• Review ways to foster adoption of programs by plan physician and hospitals 

Seeing Through Transparency, a Consumer’s Perspective will:

• Look at how consumers make decisions about healthcare
• Discuss quality and cost concerns, and tools plans may have in place to motivate customers to be more involved in their healthcare 
• Examine what can be done to increase health literacy

Seeing Through Transparency, An Employer’s Perspective will:

• Clarify the insurance process, including the role of the PBM
• Provide key questions employers should be asking of their health plans to ensure they’re getting the best possible coverage at the best price 
• Explain hospital and physician quality and pricing 
• Describe how employers should communicate premium increases to their employees, and share information on what their premiums are getting them
  

Seeing Through the Transparency will:

• Discuss the mechanisms used to inform and educate members regarding provider quality of care and service
• Highlight plan designs and provider network alternatives based on quality and cost
• Explain the quality performance metrics being used for health plans
• Describe the framework health plans should have in place to support transparency
  

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• Podcasts
• How to access podcasts
• The MCOutlook podcast series
• Features of this website