Healthcare It News

APRIL 28, 2022

"Next, we used MedHx to gather complete patient medication history so we could track whether patients in the study had filled their prescriptions," he added. From July 2020 to September 2021, Magnolia Regional studied medication adherence and prescription fill rates for 417 patients with CHF. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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Jane Sarashon

JULY 18, 2024

The line chart shows us that from 2020 onward, the unit cost trend for behavioral health spiked to 2023 from about $100 to $125m and that behavioral health claims as a percent of all medical claims more than doubled between 2018 to the third quarter of 2023.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Pricing failure, the second big waste factor, is predominantly challenged by pharmaceutical/prescription drug pricing based on this research. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) forecasts that prescription drug spending will be the fastest-growing cause of rising health spending by 2027.

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Health Law Advisor

MAY 22, 2023

1339) reflects the overarching legislative push by members from both sides of the aisle and chambers of Congress to address drug pricing issues through federal fixes to the PBM framework. Other provisions in the legislation are similar to policy proposals to regulate PBM activity in other payor markets, such as Medicaid.

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Medval Compliance Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has identified 70 services that must be included in the list. In contrast, prescription drug prices could be high in some instances, as pharmacy benefit managers may not be getting the best pricing for drugs from a particular pharmacy.

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

Adherence is not equal across every state in America, IQVIA Institute learned: for major chronic conditions of hypertension, cholesterol and diabetes, adherence was a low of around 50% among Medicaid enrollees in Arkansas, Iowa and New York; and as high approaching 90% in Minnesota for Medicare Part D enrollees in that state.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2020

2020 marked the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. ages 22 to 45 years old in September 2020. Constitution, giving women the right to vote. In this auspicious year for women’s voting rights, as COVID-19 emerged in the U.S. in February, women’s labor force participation rate was 58%.

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