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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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DoseSpot Connect Revolutionizes Prescription Drug Pricing
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…
Exclusive: DoseSpot launches Connect to give patients Rx price transparency
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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Hospitals Are Facing New Price Transparency Requirements, But Will They Truly Help Patients Shop for Care? – MedCity News
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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Video: What Would Happen If Prior Authorization Went Away? – MedCity News
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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, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company partner to empower physicians
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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HHS Raise Cost Transparency To Improve Patient Care
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…
Build or Buy? HTI-2 Presents Health IT Vendors With a Strategic Fork in the Regulatory Road – Regulatory Talk Series | Healthcare IT Today
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…
Trilliant Health Releases Free Provider Directory
What You Should Know:
– Trilliant Health, the healthcare industry’s leading analytics firm, released a free version of its Provider Directory application.
– The easy-to-use application creates a single source of truth for accurate and timely information about…
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Sidecar Health scores $165M for employer health insurance plans
Sidecar Health, an insurance startup focused on price transparency and direct payments for care, announced it secured $165 million in Series D financing.Koch Disruptive Technologies led the round, with participation from Cathay Innovation, GreatPoint…
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