Webinar: Study finds improved early cancer diagnosis and survival after MCOs left HUSKY
Join Rep. Jillian Gilchrest and Sen. Saud Anwar, Co-Chairs of MAPOC, for a webinar December 10th at 2pm with Dr. John Cramer on his study published in JCO Oncology Practice in January. His study found that cancer early detection have increased 4% and survival rates have increased 8% since MCOs left Connecticut Medicaid. There was no change in either rate for New Jersey Medicaid members, which still uses MCOs in their program. Register for the webinar here.
Dr. Cramer is Residency Program Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Dr. Cramer graduated with Honors from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors of Science in Cell and Molecular Biology and a Medical Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed a surgical internship and residency at Northwestern University in Chicago. He completed additional fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Cramer’s research focus is on the intersection of otolaryngology and health policy. He has over sixty-eight publications. These include first author publications in leading journals including Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, JAMA, and The New England Journal of Medicine.
Register for the webinar here
If you have questions for Dr. Cramer, please send to andrews@cthealthpolicy.org