Health Populi

JULY 26, 2022

Iora Health has focused on the Medicare-enrolled population, distinct from ONEM’s target patient market of younger, employed consumers. According to the team’s analysis, Amazon is not yet active in AR/VR, med-tech/biotech, or insurance (but see more on that below via Mike McSherry’s observations).

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Collaborations between AI vendors and biotech/pharma companies over the last five years are worth more than $45 billion , according to a recent report from Accenture. Medicare Advantage costs are 12% lower than similar beneficiaries covered under fee-for-service Medicare, according to research from Inovalon and Harvard Medical School.

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Digital Health Global

APRIL 5, 2024

ADT Biotech 7.5 Mesa Biotech (Thermo Fisher) 7.42 Mesa Biotech (Thermo Fisher) 7.42 The report’s depth and scope extend to detailed breakouts for 15 countries and four regions, highlighting the global nature of the infectious disease diagnostics market and its varied dynamics. Announces Two Acquisitions 6.36 Antelope Dx 7.8

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 18, 2013

A state-of-the-art wound therapy that prevents amputations is under threat from proposed cuts in Medicare reimbursement rates, according to regenerative medicine experts. In a recent Fierce Biotech article, CEO MacKay warned his staff of “heartbreaking” staff cuts to make the new pricing structure work.

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Digital Health Today

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Like Eko, S-There Technologies and TripleW have devices that allow remote monitoring of patients, presumably capitalizing on the new reimbursement opportunities for Remote Patient Monitoring in the last two Medicare Physician Fee Schedules.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 7, 2023

News CMS has opened the Hardship Exception application period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that participated in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program in 2022. The silver lining: Healthcare is the leading sector, though most funds are going to biotech.

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Some of October's biggest deals included Medicare Advantage plan firm Devoted Health's $300 million series B fundraise led by Andreessen Horowitz. And in biotech, genetic engineering startup Synthego also raised $110 million for its Series C from investors Menlo Ventures and billionaire Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang. Source : [link]

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Optum and Uber are partnering to make non-urgent medical transportation and healthy food delivery covered benefits for certain Medicare Advantage plans beginning in 2024. Senior care company DOUS announced the DUOS+AI platform , a conversational AI tool for members enrolled in Medicare Advantage.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

First, a Wall Street Journal profile of Bluebird Bio , a biotech firm that plans to sell gene-replacement therapy extending annual payments to patients based on whether the drug is effective. As the Harvard Chan-POLITICO study points out, prescription drug costs are top-of-mind for health consumers in America.

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Advanced Medical Reviews

APRIL 17, 2019

Sharpless is a proponent of big data and previously founded two biotech companies. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted new data on projected national health expenditures for 2018-2027. In addition, higher fee-for-service payment updates are expected to result in faster Medicare spending growth.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

Payors have begun to recognize the value of nudging consumers toward over-the-counter products under Medicare Advantage plans. Edelman’s health industry segments for this study are pharma, consumer health, insurance, biotech/life science, and hospitals.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found a close link between electoral politics and Medicare: that is, between legislative processes in the U.S. A recent study on politics and health care spending in the U.S. Congress and healthcare spending.

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FierceHealthIT

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Biden administration and federal regulators may be taking a victory lap following the unveiling of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS') price negotiations list, but major pl | Critics of President Joe Biden's policies to rein in prices for 10 Medicare Part D drugs believe the policy is "draconian" and will (..)

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

In 2018, we saw more incentives to inspire adherence to prescription drug regimens, particularly in Medicare Part D along with increasing focus by pharmacists and providers. For people enrolled in Medicare Part D, 20% faced over $500 in OOP costs. Patients abandon over 20% of new prescriptions when their OOP costs rise above $50.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2018

Incentives for lowering list prices for medicines, such as FDA requiring that drug companies include list prices in ads and bringing more transparency to Medicare drug pricing and generic competition, and. ” These prescriptions for lower pharma costs contrast with what most U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 25, 2022

She has been involved with more than 20 early-stage biotech and healthcare startups, including ones working on medical devices and digital health. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is one of the organizations that sets the standard of care in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

The new year will bear witness to great innovation in biotech in the precision oncology space. Within the past year, Lecanemab was submitted for fast-track FDA approval based on the latest study, and Aducanumab, while technically available, lacks Medicare reimbursement approval. Dr. Ofer Sharon, CEO at OncoHost.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2018

Specifically, $19 billion worth of biotech spending will find biosimilar competition starting in 2018 for the first time. We don’t know yet what form that will take, but there is some indication that Dr. Azar is has his sights on some form of prescription drug pricing program, perhaps beginning with Medicare Part B.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2020

The authors, Dr. Naci and Dr. Kesselheim, are affiliated with the London School of Economics and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, note that 1% of medicines dispensed under Medicare Part D and Medicaid accounted for nearly $1 in $3 of drug spending in each program in 2015. bn to $32.8 bn to $9.9 bn for Medicaid.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

There is one health care public policy issue that unites U.S. voters across political party: that is the consumer-facing costs of prescription drugs.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Drug pricing was not the centerpiece of his populist rhetoric, but on the campaign trail he did briefly describe his plans to have Medicare negotiate for better drug prices; he also signaled his intent to remove hurdles to importing cheaper drugs made abroad.

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Health Populi

MARCH 6, 2019

is prescription drug prices — that they’re too high, that the Federal government should negotiate to lower costs for Medicare enrollees, and that out-of-pocket costs for drugs should be limited. One of the only issues bringing people together in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 3, 2021

adults note that expanding Medicare to including hearing aids, dental and vision coverage would be their top or an important priority, shown in the second line in the bar chart on public priorities. States to negotiate with drug companies to get lower prices on Rx meds in their state, and. On the cost-front, 90% of U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 19, 2019

They don’t tend to shop around for health care or be super-engaged in their care, probably because they tend to be older and more likely to be covered by Medicare. They may be threatened by a call for “Medicare for All” given their affection for the program.

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