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Salt Lake City-based Select Health and its pharmacy benefits manager Scripius will be one of the first health plans in the U.S. to provide member access to Mark Cuban Cost…
GoodRx, a discount pricing company, announced Wednesday that it is partnering with pharmacy benefit manager MedImpact to launch an integrated savings solution to help lower drug costs for patients.
Santa Monica, California-based GoodRx helps consumers…
Constance Sjoquist, Senior Healthcare Analyst with RazorMetrics
Large employers report that the biggest threat to self-funding medical coverage is the increasingly high cost of pharmacy claims. In their annual Health Benefits Priorities survey, MBGH found…
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Hospitals’ pharmacy spending is projected to rise by 3.42% next year, according to a new report published by Vizient. Specialty drugs and neurology medications are the primary drivers of this increase in pharmacy expenses.
Vizient…
Mark Howell and Bharath Krishnamurthy of the AHA have criticized a recent report by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) that claims that hospitals drive increasing specialty medicine pricing. They argue that the claims are…
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According to the latest National Progress Report from Surescripts, over 2.5 billion medication histories were requested through their platform in 2022. Having the latest medication information is key to reducing medication related adverse events….
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Zócalo Health, a virtual primary care provider designed for Latino patients, on Tuesday announced a collaboration with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (Cost Plus Drugs). Now all Zócalo patients have access to Cost…
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Life sciences organizations have access to more data than ever before. When they leverage that existing data during their research and development (R&D) process, organizations can drive more efficient drug development.
Innovation and regulatory approval…
More than a decade after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, U.S. healthcare costs continue to spiral at rates unseen in the rest of the developed world.
But while healthcare costs overall are…
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are being targeted yet again by the government. James Comer (R-Ky), House Committee on Oversight and Accountability chairman, launched an investigation Wednesday into PBMs and their “tactics that are harming…
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