{"id":13988,"date":"2019-09-10T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13988"},"modified":"2019-09-09T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T20:20:29","slug":"insurers-could-save-4b-by-switching-where-patients-take-specialty-drugs-united-health-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13988","title":{"rendered":"Insurers could save $4B by switching where patients take specialty drugs, United Health says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alia Paavola for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Shifting specialty drug administration away from hospital settings could reduce expenses by $4 billion annually, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedhealthgroup.com\/newsroom\/posts\/2019-09-09-reducing-specialty-drug-costs.html\">new report<\/a> from United Health Group.\u00a0 Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/payer-issues\/insurers-could-save-4b-by-switching-where-patients-take-specialty-drugs-united-health-says.html?oly_enc_id=6455B7921823J3A\">article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10021\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/dreamstime_m_36312255pills-medicine-dollar-cost-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alia Paavola for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Shifting specialty drug administration away from hospital settings could reduce expenses by $4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13989,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13988\/revisions\/13989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}