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Optum joins CVS, Cigna in dropping Humira

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Optum Rx will join the other major pharmacy benefit managers and exclude

Eileen Cook September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 Biosimilars drugs, FDA, Healthcare Finance, Humira, Medicare Part D

Affordable Care Act (ACA)CMS Health Care Finance Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Payments Will Total at Least $11.8 Billion in 2024

(By Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Meredith Freed, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Sep 11, 2024)

Eileen Cook September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus payments, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

FDA Health Care Finance Medicare - General Part D/Prescription Drugs

With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get

(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for KFF Health News) Triumphant music plays as cancer patients go camping, do some gardening, and watch

Eileen Cook September 9, 2024September 9, 2024 FDA, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, TV Drug Ads

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs

Medicare Advantage members expect more — how top-rated payers respond

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare Advantage beneficiaries are getting savvier and expecting more from their plans,

Eileen Cook September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 Customer Satisfication, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D

Emerging Health Issues FDA Part D/Prescription Drugs

6 drugs now in shortage

(By Paige Twenter for Becker’s Hospital Review) The sole suppliers for a few medications, including a Parkinson’s disease therapy, are

Eileen Cook September 4, 2024September 4, 2024 Drug Shortages, FDA, Medicare Part D

CMS Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs

Medicare Advantage open enrollment is coming

Did you know Medicare has several different enrollment periods with separate rules for each? There is an Initial enrollment period,

Eileen Cook August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, Medigap, Older Adults, Open Enrollment

CMS FDA Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign HHS Part D/Prescription Drugs

FAQs about the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

(By Juliette Cubanski for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Aug 20, 2024) The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the Act),

Eileen Cook August 21, 2024August 21, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, medicare, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

FDA Part D/Prescription Drugs

5 drugs now in shortage

(By Paige Twenter for Becker’s Hospital Review ) About two-thirds of providers recently told Premier their teams are spending more

Eileen Cook August 19, 2024August 19, 2024 Drug Shortages, FDA, Medicare Part D

CMS Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs

Weight loss drugs could cost Medicare $6B a year: Study

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Medicare spending could increase between $3.1 billion and $6.1 billion annually if

Eileen Cook August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 CMS, Drugs for Weight Loss, GLP-1 drugs, Healthcare Finance, medicare, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Employer Healthcare Health Care Finance Health Insurance HHS Part D/Prescription Drugs

While Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Don’t Apply to Private Insurance, 3.4 Million People with Employer Coverage Take at Least One of the Selected Drugs

(Tammie Smith for The Kaiser Family Foundation published August 14, 2024) Among the 167 million people with employer-sponsored insurance in

Eileen Cook August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 Employer Health Insurance, Health Insuarnce, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, Medicare Part D, Private Health Plans