The unavoidable tradeoff in lowering drug prices: fewer new drugs
Although House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to lower prescription drug prices would save the federal government hundreds of billions of
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Health Care Redesign
U.S. employers getting creative to offset the high cost of specialty drugs
According to a recent survey of 610 U.S. employers by advisory firm Willis Towers Watson found employers are trying to
Read MoreSome Medicare beneficiaries will have more opportunities to elect personal supports and services for 2020
Medicare’s Annual Election period also called the Medicare Fall Open Enrollment period or Fall Annual Enrollment Period for 2020 begins
Read MoreNew Executive Order Will Improve Medicare Choices
President and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) issued a statement following the release of a new executive order
Read MoreWhy Hospitals Are Getting Into The Housing Business
(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) DENVER — One patient at Denver Health, the city’s largest safety net hospital,
Read MoreWalmart To Give Workers Financial Incentives To Use Higher-Quality Doctors
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Worried its employees aren’t getting good enough care from doctors in their insurance
Read MoreCivica Rx delivers its first medication
Civica Rx, announce that patients at Riverton Hospital in Utah are the first to receive a Civica medication, Vancomycin Hydrochloride
Read MoreHow Pelosi’s drug-pricing plan could wipe out 340B
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A 60-word provision in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s drug-pricing plan could make it
Read MoreWalmart’s Sam’s Club launching a discount health program
Walmart’s Sam’s Club is launching a pilot program for Sam’s Club members in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina which allow
Read MorePhysician-backed surprise-billing solution would boost deficit by billions, CBO says
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) A surprise medical bill arbitration solution supported by physician groups would increase the
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