What concrete strategies should employers pursue to control rising costs while ensuring the best member experience and clinical outcomes? The post Managing the Specialty Drug Cost Challenge: Is Your Pharmacy Benefits Strategy Ready for 2025? appeared first on MedCity News.
The DEA recently announced the third extension of Covid-19 flexibilities for the virtual prescribing of controlled substances. Telehealth advocates applaud this move but remain hopeful for a more permanent solution in the future. The post Telehealth Advocates Praise DEA’s 3rd Extension of Telemedicine Flexibilities, but Call for Further Action appeared first on MedCity News.
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) increased their required premerger reporting requirements for any healthcare providers such as hospitals. Healthcare Dive reports: Thursday’s update marks the first time the FTC has revised its Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notification form in nearly 50 years.The law is intended to alert officials of companies’ intent to merge and…
WeightWatchers recently filed for bankruptcy. Part of the reason is because it couldn’t adapt fast enough to a rapidly changing weight-loss environment spurred by the rising popularity of GLP-1s, experts said. The post Why WeightWatchers Filed for Bankruptcy appeared first on MedCity News.
Erica Hayes, 40, has not felt healthy since November 2020 when she first fell ill with covid. Hayes is too sick to work, so she has spent much of the last four years sitting on her beige couch, often curled up under an electric blanket. “My blood flow now sucks, so my hands and my…
By supporting managers, healthcare organizations can make the workplace better for nurses. That could not only improve retention but build a pipeline of nurse managers. The post The Critical Link: How Supporting Nurse Managers Can Help Nurses — And Improve Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.
Worried that President-elect Donald Trump will curtail federal efforts to take on the nation’s medical debt problem, patient and consumer advocates are looking to states to help people who can’t afford their medical bills or pay down their debts. “The election simply shifts our focus,” said Eva Stahl, who oversees public policy at Undue Medical…
This test can be thought of as a crystal ball for cancer survivors and research has found it can predict with near certainty whether a patient’s cancer will recur. So why aren’t more patients getting the test? The post A Crystal Ball for Cancer Survivors appeared first on MedCity News.
Aneesh Chopra is the former CTO of the US under Obama. He’s now head of strategy at Arcadia, but this week is one of the driving forces behind the new challenge called “Transforming Cancer Navigation with Open Data & APIs” . I caught up with Aneesh about why the need for this type of data…
The Department of Justice has filed a complaint against Aetna, Elevance Health, Humana, eHealth, GoHealth, and SelectQuote, alleging that the insurers paid illegal kickbacks to brokers to boost enrollment in their Medicare Advantage plans. The post DOJ Sues MA Insurers, Brokers Over Alleged Kickbacks appeared first on MedCity News.