Podcast

National Osteoporosis Foundation CEO on Value-Based Care in Osteoporosis Management

10/16/2019

 

Elizabeth Thompson, from the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), discusses the importance of value-based care in the management of osteoporosis, findings from a new report from the NOF that highlights the growing economic burden of the condition, and more.

Elizabeth Thompson is chief executive officer of the National Osteoporosis Foundation in Arlington, Virginia.

References:

  1. Hansen D, Bazell C, Pelizzari P, Pyenson B. Medicare cost of osteoporotic fractures. Arlington, VA: National Osteoporosis Foundation; August 2019. https://www.bonehealthpolicyinstitute.org/full-milliman-report. Accessed September 18, 2019.
  2. New report on burden of osteoporosis highlights huge and growing economic and human toll of the disease [press release]. Arlington, VA: National Osteoporosis Foundation; September 11, 2019. https://www.nof.org/news/new-report-on-burden-of-osteoporosis-highlights-huge-and-growing-economic-and-human-toll-of-the-disease/. Accessed September 18, 2019.

 

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