Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 15, 2023

consumers 18 and over in November 2023. The 2023 overall Index netted out at 58.9. Women’s health also figures into the report in that after booking an appointment for an annual physical, the second-most common visit reasons booked in 2023 was for an annual pap smear/gynecological exam.

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Jane Sarashon

JULY 18, 2024

We’ve discussed the hockey-stick rise in the adoption and persistent use of GLP-1 drugs for managing diabetes and obesity here in Health Populi. This graph diagrams utilization, unit cost, and cost as a percent of overall medical cost trend: note that by the middle of 2023, GLP-1 drug costs for Group health plan members comprised 13.6%

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Health Care Law Brief

JANUARY 19, 2022

On December 31, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed landmark legislation to increase the transparency of prescription drug pricing and to establish requirements on pharmacy middlemen. Failure to obtain a license by 2023 could result in a cease and desist order from DFS and financial penalties. 1] [link].

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Health Populi

APRIL 25, 2023

middle-class households finding that health care has returned to the #1 household fiscal concern ahead of inflation in 2023. middle-class households finding that health care has returned to the #1 household fiscal concern ahead of inflation in 2023. All health ecosystem players are organizing for 2024’s national elections.

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Jane Sarashon

JANUARY 24, 2023

Take Optum, which this week launched the Price Edge tool to help steer patients to the “lowest price generic medicines” according to the program’s press release. The price-comparison tool exclusively focused on generic drugs will be available to Optum Rx members.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Add to that scenario a growing consensus for a likely recession in 2023. Consumers will be facing greater medical price inflation in 2023 for health insurance plans, based on the latest forecast from WTW. What happens to a health care ecosystem when the volume of patients and revenues they generate decline?

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

All rebate payments will be deposited into the Medicare Prescription Drug Account in the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. The thirty-day public comment period ends on March 11, 2023. Part B inflation rebates are measured on a quarterly basis, with the first quarter having begun on January 1, 2023.

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Health Law Advisor

MAY 26, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Public Comment (“NPRM”) seeking to amend the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). Commissioner Phillips has since resigned.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

CMS overhauls Direct Contracting model to include new requirements on governance, health equity in 2023. Whitmer signs bills designed to lower prescription drug prices in Michigan. Contract Nurse Agencies Are Making Big Money in the Age of COVID-19. Are They ‘Exploiting’ the Pandemic?

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Hall Render

MAY 10, 2024

Vincent Parkview Health’s ASC strategy: 2 updates Indiana hospital margins lag behind nation, with some budgets in the red Report shows Indiana hospitals lost more than $700 million in income in 2023 Two Indiana Hospitals Receive a “D” in Patient Safety Franciscan Health to partner with nonprofits Beacon Health System receives $5.4M

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Hall Render

JULY 22, 2022

10 procedures CMS proposes moving off the inpatient-only list in 2023. update to ASC pay rate in 2023: 6 things to know. Rising prescription drug prices contributed to 49% jump in Oregon healthcare costs over 6-year period: report. CMS pitches outpatient payment rule. CMS proposes 2.7% PENNSYLVANIA.

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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. An Overview of the Proposed Legislation On May 2, 2023, the HELP Committee marked up S. 20, 2023 ), available at [link]. [24]

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Hall Render

APRIL 12, 2024

New president tapped to lead major hospital system in Denver area New president to lead opening of $650M hospital in Wheat Ridge Telehealth program offers support to forensic nurses Colorado Medicaid program settles lawsuit over lack of mental health care for children Colorado is trying to cut prescription drug prices.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 3, 2025

deal New MN law capping some prescription drug prices goes into effect Jan. 1 Norovirus cases in MN nearly double this December ahead of holiday season: MDH Out-of-state patients seeking Minnesota abortion care drove increase in 2023 Prices for medical care surged in Minnesota.

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

In a call with analysts this week in which I participated, Murray Aitken discussed the report which looks back at 2018 and forward to 2023 with scenarios about what the U.S. prescription drug market might look like five years from now. A cost of $125 or more yields abandonment of at least 50%.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Top 10 Healthcare Industry Predictions For 2023. in prescription drug pricing case. Catholic Health, with midyear losses of $95M, says change could be in store for 2023. Medicaid expansion efforts in North Carolina pushed to 2023. The Revolution That May Finally Disrupt Traditional Healthcare.

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Hall Render

JUNE 23, 2023

Greenwich Hospital Ribbon Cutting Celebrates Opening of New Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery Center Hartford HealthCare names Joanne Berger-Sweeney new board chair What changes did CT make to its Medicaid program in 2023? Some patients die waiting.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B million for cancer research from CPRIT Molina Healthcare strikes deal with 3 Texas hospitals Amid extreme weather, congressional investigation sounds alarm on nursing homes’ emergency preparedness Texas health group to pay $21.6M

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Health Populi

JANUARY 29, 2019

Today, as Congress kicks off hearings about the cost of prescription drugs in the United States, IQVIA published its 2019 report on The Global Use of Medicine in 2019 and Outlook to 2023. will be followed by China, Japan, Germany, and Brazil in 2023. For context and comparison, note that the U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

price and the cost of medicines is tied to how people feel about the pharma industry, evidenced in the Global Pharma Study 2023 from Caliber. In the U.S., Caliber, a reputation and corporate strategy consultancy, fielded survey research among over 17,000 health consumers including U.S. For example, one in ten Americans has diabetes.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

” The data from the CDC reported was graphed in a CNN news report, shown here, where firearms overtook the top cause of death for people ages 1 to 18 from motor vehicle accidents in 2021 (reported out in CDC’s 2023 analysis).

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Kaiser Health News

AUGUST 12, 2022

Never before have we been able to negotiate prescription drug prices. The drug pricing provision, estimated to save the government nearly $100 billion over 10 years, would require the U.S. Those prices would take effect in 2026. New vaccine and insulin cost caps would also take effect in 2023.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Economy Inflation, a top-of-mind stress and concern for mainstream Americans in 2023, is easing as we enter 2024. are not confident that they could pay a medical bill of $500 or more, discussed in October 2023 in a study on patients and medical costs conducted by Access One. Consumer in the Big/Macro U.S. Over one-half of U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2023

voters’ minds among many issues Americans are feeling and following in late 2023. adults between October 31 and November 7, 2023, via online and phone. As this post goes live in the first week of December 2023, the U.S. The cost of living ranks top in U.S. The monthly study focused on U.S.

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