97: Identifying Gaps in Access to Parkinson Disease Care

Welcome to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in neurology sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice. In this episode, James Beck, PhD, senior vice president and chief scientific officer of the Parkinson's Foundation provided perspectives on a recently published Medicare claims study that highlighted major gaps and disparities in access to Parkinson disease care. He spoke on the significance of the findings, including the lack of movement disorder specialists and issues with access to mental health professionals despite high rates of depression in this patient population. Furthermore, he spoke on the ways to make specialized care for Parkinson disease more obtainable, especially for those in rural or underserved communities. Looking for more movement disorder discussion? Check out the NeurologyLive® Movement disorder clinical focus page. Episode Breakdown: 1:15 – Overview of Medicare study and objectives 2:20 – Greatest clinical take-home points from the data 4:15 – Utilizing resources to cover gaps in access 5:30 – Neurology News Minute 8:05 – Reasons for lack of mental health professional support 10:55 – Challenges with understanding depression in PD 12:35 – Ensuring access to PD care in rural/underserved communities This episode is brought to you by Medical World News, a streaming channel from MJH Life Sciences®. Check out new content and shows every day, only at medicalworldnews.com. The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here: FDA Approves Sandoz’s Natalizumab-sztn as First Biosimilar for Multiple Sclerosis Duchenne Agent Pamrevlumab Fails to Meet Primary End Point in Phase 3 LELANTOS-2 Trial FDA Issues Ravulizumab Complete Response Letter for NMOSD, Citing Needed Changes to REMS Program Thanks for listening to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. To support the show, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. For more neurology news and expert-driven content, visit neurologylive.com.