About MCO

ManagedCare Oncology is published by ICORE Healthcare, LLC. The quarterly journal serves as the only comprehensive, peer-reviewed source of oncology-related information for health plans.

The launch of ManagedCare Oncology was in response to extensive market research that ICORE Healthcare conducted in late 2005. The research revealed few sources of information for payors on how to improve the quality of care and the overall value of oncology and oncology-related medicines for their members and employer groups. As a result and at the request of its customers, ICORE dedicated significant resources to developing a publication to provide managed care organizations with timely oncology-related information to assist in such commercial payor endeavors.

This publication is distributed to more than 18,000 clinical and financial decision-makers at health plans /payors, specialty provider organizations, and other oncology-care specialists.

"In developing this publication, we knew that its success was dependent upon providing timely, detailed, and unbiased information," said Kjel A. Johnson, PharmD, publisher of ManagedCare Oncology. "I am committed to addressing the unmet need that managed care professionals have described to us over the years."

In addition to its objectivity, the editorial content needed to be relevant. As a result, each issue features oncology drug reviews from the MCO's perspective, new strategies for appropriate oncology reimbursement, integrating clinical trials into reimbursement strategies, improving oncology value with payor initiatives and more.  This valuable content empowers managed-care decision makers to equitably and responsibly care for their member/patient population.

2010 survey to 10k of the 18k MCO subscribers. 

• Readers have a positive overall opinion of the publication: 96% have a "positive" or "very positive" overall opinion.
• Readers consider the information in the publication to be useful: 42% consider it "very useful," and in total, 100% consider the information either "somewhat" or "very" useful.
• 67% of the respondents considered each of the other features "extremely" or "very" valuable.
• Printed journals are considered the most valuable information resource, with 84% rating this medium "extremely" or "very" valuable.

About ICORE HealthCare, LLC
ICORE Healthcare, a subsidiary of Magellan Health Services, is redefining how health care payors manage specialty pharmaceuticals for complex conditions to ensure clinical excellence, while minimizing costs in one of the fastest growing areas of health care spending.  We draw upon our comprehensive suite of services to deliver solutions that yield powerful results. They include:

Medical Pharmacy Solutions
Formulary Management
Specialty Pharmacy Dispensing 
Strategic Solutions Consulting