CVS’ new PBM strategy: Offering clients 100% of drug rebates
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Health, the drugstore chain that operates one of the largest pharmacy benefit
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Health Care Redesign
Drug ‘rebate walls’ should be dismantled by the FTC’s antitrust arm
(By David Balto for STAT) While policymakers are giving considerable attention to escalating drug prices and ways to rein them
Read MoreCMS to allow states to use ACA subsidies for health plans outside of exchanges
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS intends to give states flexibility to reroute funding of ACA premium subsidies
Read MoreEmployers look for new ways to cut health insurance costs
(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) After years of seeing employee deductibles rise, employers are looking for novel ways
Read MoreCVS closes $70B Aetna deal to ‘transform the way healthcare is delivered’
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Health completed its $70 billion acquisition of Aetna Nov. 28, in a
Read MoreCivica Rx, the generic drug company launched by seven hospitals to prevent shortages and reduce costs
A coalition of six hospitals reported in January 2018, that they would launch a generic drug company to address drug
Read MoreEmployers can lower health care costs
According to the National Business Group on Health, the costs of health care benefits are expected to skyrocket to nearly
Read MoreBuyers Of Short-Term Health Plans: Wise Or Shortsighted?
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Supporters of the nation’s health law condemn them. A few states, including California
Read MoreWalmart will require workers to travel for spine surgery in effort to cut healthcare costs
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walmart is aiming to lower healthcare spending by requiring employees to travel to
Read MorePlaying On Fear And Fun, Hospitals Follow Pharma In Direct-To-Consumer Advertising
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) The scene is shadowy, and the background music foreboding. On the TV screen,
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