What You Should Know
– Vida Health has partnered with RxSaveCard to launch Vida Self-Pay, a first-of-its-kind platform that bypasses traditional PBM markups for anti-obesity medications (AOMs).
– By combining virtual, whole-person clinical care with transparent…
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Few patients take a paper prescription down to the local pharmacy any more. The modern era of prescribing is shockingly complex and getting more so, according to Dr. Colin Banas, Chief Medical Officer, and…
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What You Should Know:
– LucyRx, a next-generation pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), announced it has acquired CerpassRx, a leading PBM known for its customized pharmacy solutions and clinical programs.
– The acquisition, which closed on July…
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Editor’s note: This story is based on discussions at Abarca Forward, a conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, hosted by Abarca Health, a pharmacy benefit manager. MedCity News was invited to attend the event….
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Key Findings from the Investigation
The Federal Trade Commission’s latest interim staff report, released January 14, 2025, reveals shocking pricing practices among the nation’s leading pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs): Caremark Rx, Express Scripts, and OptumRx….
Those hoping for meaningful drug pricing and prior authorization reform this holiday season received a lump of coal instead.
On Saturday, President Joe Biden signed a narrower spending bill that avoided a government shutdown but…
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Healthcare’s Hidden Cost Crisis: How Middlemen and Outdated Tech are Bankrupting AmericaBy Navin Nagiah
Navin Nagiah, MS is co-founder and CEO of Daffodil Health.
Recent articles, including those in The New York Times,…
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Former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is certain to bring about changes across many facets of the healthcare sector — including reproductive care, federal insurance programs and prescription drugs.
Experts interviewed for…
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The financialization of the system started in the early 70s with the health insurance companies and later with PBMs with TPAs all these acronyms. But essentially in the big picture, they are a middleman…
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For years, leaders in the health and tech industries have hypothesized how AI can transform the healthcare experience. While there has been some progress in clinical applications – for example, diagnostic tools – Abarca…
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