Author Archives: Cynthia Miller

About Cynthia Miller

Cynthia brings over 15 years of experience in health care. Cynthia started her career in academia at Drexel University College of Medicine in 2006. She then became a Palliative Care faculty member at Abington Memorial Hospital. After a period, she transitioned to a private primary care group in Florida. While in practice she developed a referral program for physicians to the Diabetes Prevention Program through the Suncoast YMCA for BayCare Health System, located in Tampa Bay. Cynthia most recently practiced telemedicine to support COVID-19 pandemic access to care. In 2017, Cynthia joined WellCare Health Plans (later Centene) as the Senior Medical Director of Pharmacy. She oversaw utilization management, the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Drug Utilization Review Committee and Quality Committee. She was promoted to Vice President Medical Director and managed a team of medical directors in pharmacy utilization management. She collaborated with the population health team to develop strategies around diabetes and heart disease. Cynthia currently works as Vice President Medical Director for the Access Experience Team at Precision Value & Health. In 1995, Cynthia received a BA from Wellesley College in Chemistry. She obtained a Medical Degree from NYU in 2002 and completed a residency at NYU/Bellevue in Internal Medicine in 2006. In 2019, she completed an MPH from the University of Florida.

Early Access vs. Proven Efficacy: FDA’s Accelerated Approval Process

By | October 24, 2022
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A recent JAMA article noted that only one-third of new drug approvals through the accelerated approval process by the FDA in the US or the conditional marketing authorization in the EU have shown therapeutic value.  Many of these drugs are high cost, and this begs the question if we are spending our health care dollars appropriately. … Read More »

Diabetes Cure or Diabetes Management?

By | May 26, 2022
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Reuter’s announced in January that diabetes deaths in the United States continue to surge well above pre-pandemic levels with over 100,000 Americans dying from diabetes in 2021. Given COVID-19’s relationship to diabetes, we may see this trend continue. Increasing deaths from diabetes is a clear call to action for new solutions. Historically, diabetes has been… Read More »