What You Should Know:
– Photon Health (“Photon”), a prescription network focused on patient choice and transparency announced a collaboration with Amazon Pharmacy, the digital-first online pharmacy known for price transparency and medication access.
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The bewilderingly opaque nature of healthcare prices is making headlines again after President Donald Trump’s latest executive order, which aims to strengthen enforcement for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ price transparency requirements.
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A White House executive order requires hospitals to publish their actual prices for 300 shoppable services online. A similar order that was issued by the Trump administration in 2019 has been largely ignored.
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Transforming Electronic Prescribing Through Price Transparency
DoseSpot, a leading electronic prescribing platform, is revolutionizing how patients access their medications with the launch of DoseSpot Connect. This innovative product suite represents a significant leap forward in…
DoseSpot, an electronic prescribing platform that enables providers to send prescriptions directly to a patient’s pharmacy from a clinic, is launching DoseSpot Connect—a product suite designed to give patients instant access to pharmacies offering…
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On January 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will begin enforcing new price transparency requirements for hospitals, including mandates to post more detailed information on the cost of drugs and the expected…
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Prior authorization has been a bone of contention between payers and providers for some time now. Payers argue that it helps avoid unnecessary care and reduces costs, while providers say it creates administrative…
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eNavvi, an online pharmacy founded by physicians, is joining forces with Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC) to allow physicians to prescribe medications directly via eNavvi’s digital prescription pad to more than 7,000…
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Introduction
Hospital price transparency laws were introduced with the goal of making healthcare costs more predictable, increasing competition, and ideally reducing prices. Three years after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented these…
The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the fifth in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series.
With the public comment period now closed, the newly…
