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President Trump made clear on the campaign trail and in his interview with TIME magazine as Person of the Year that pharmaceutical companies’ pricing needed to be reined in using government pressure. MORE
BONUS: Modern Healthcare magazine is ranked No. Life Science Leader magazine is an essential business journal for life science executives who work for everything from emerging biotechs to Big Pharmas. MORE
Note the new alliance between Walmart and Anthem to channel OTC meds to Medicare Advantage members). I caught up with some magazine reading, noting a Prudential ad marketing financial wellness. Patients are the new healthcare payors, and as such, taking on the role of health consumers. MORE
health consumers believe that Medicare should be allowed to negotiate with drug companies to fetch lower prices for prescription drugs, and that more drugs should switch to generic when possible. The prices of medicines prescribed in outpatient settings rose, on average. 10.3% in 2018. MORE
billion telemedicine Medicare fraud scheme between a handful of US telemedicine companies, dozens of durable medical equipment companies, and a few licensed medical professionals could limit patient’s trust in telemedicine and increase insurance concerns over malpractice. View study abstract > View article in MD Magazine > Best Buy to Sell Home Telemedicine Device to Consumers. MORE
Fortune magazine named Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2017 for the 12th consecutive year; the year before, Working Mother magazine ranked the health system among the 100 best companies for working mothers. [link]. MORE
CMS announces a pilot project to display a patient’s claims data to Medicare fee-for-service providers. It appears that it only gives them data for Medicare FFS patients. Weekly News Recap. The VA opens director and deputy director positions to oversee its Cerner implementation. MORE
My first inclination is to at least publish the Medicare price. I subscribed to Texture even before Apple bought the “Netflix for magazines” company a few weeks back. Weekly News Recap. The VA signs a 10-year, $10 billion contract with Cerner for its new EHR. MORE
The study analyzed medical claims for millions of patients, both commercially insured and enrolled in Medicare. Here’s a link to his interview with TIME magazine when he said, just days before taking his U.S. Pharmaceutical company executives are testifying in the U.S. MORE
Two weeks in a row, The Economist , the news magazine headquartered in London, included two special reports stapled into the middle of the magazines. MORE
Last week, Representatives Devin Nunes and Frank Pallone reintroduced a bill that will allow licensed providers to treat Medicare beneficiaries using telemedicine across state lines. Known as the Telemedicine for Medicare, or TELE-MED, Act of 2015, seeks to address state licensure laws that create barriers for providers to practice telemedicine in states where they are not licensed. The bill only applies to Medicare beneficieries and has no impact on Medicaid. MORE
In the midst of Time Magazine’s 6,000-word “Person of the Year” profile of Donald Trump, the president-elect said, “I’m going to bring down drug prices…I don’t like what has happened with drug prices.”. Commentary. MORE
To optimize communication strategies for attracting Medicare Advantage enrollment , a Mid-Atlantic health plan studied the media and social consumption patterns for older people, learning that the target population was more tech-savvy than presumed. MORE
Health Populi
APRIL 10, 2019
The study analyzed medical claims for millions of patients, both commercially insured and enrolled in Medicare. Here’s a link to his interview with TIME magazine when he said, just days before taking his U.S. Pharmaceutical company executives are testifying in the U.S.
Health Populi
MARCH 1, 2018
To optimize communication strategies for attracting Medicare Advantage enrollment , a Mid-Atlantic health plan studied the media and social consumption patterns for older people, learning that the target population was more tech-savvy than presumed.
Health Populi
MAY 6, 2018
Two weeks in a row, The Economist , the news magazine headquartered in London, included two special reports stapled into the middle of the magazines.
Health Populi
MARCH 13, 2018
President Trump made clear on the campaign trail and in his interview with TIME magazine as Person of the Year that pharmaceutical companies’ pricing needed to be reined in using government pressure.
Enzyme Health
APRIL 30, 2019
billion telemedicine Medicare fraud scheme between a handful of US telemedicine companies, dozens of durable medical equipment companies, and a few licensed medical professionals could limit patient’s trust in telemedicine and increase insurance concerns over malpractice. View study abstract > View article in MD Magazine > Best Buy to Sell Home Telemedicine Device to Consumers.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Note the new alliance between Walmart and Anthem to channel OTC meds to Medicare Advantage members). I caught up with some magazine reading, noting a Prudential ad marketing financial wellness. Patients are the new healthcare payors, and as such, taking on the role of health consumers.
Perficient
AUGUST 29, 2019
BONUS: Modern Healthcare magazine is ranked No. Life Science Leader magazine is an essential business journal for life science executives who work for everything from emerging biotechs to Big Pharmas.
HIStalk Weekender
AUGUST 2, 2019
CMS announces a pilot project to display a patient’s claims data to Medicare fee-for-service providers. It appears that it only gives them data for Medicare FFS patients. Weekly News Recap. The VA opens director and deputy director positions to oversee its Cerner implementation.
American Well
JULY 28, 2015
Last week, Representatives Devin Nunes and Frank Pallone reintroduced a bill that will allow licensed providers to treat Medicare beneficiaries using telemedicine across state lines. Known as the Telemedicine for Medicare, or TELE-MED, Act of 2015, seeks to address state licensure laws that create barriers for providers to practice telemedicine in states where they are not licensed. The bill only applies to Medicare beneficieries and has no impact on Medicaid.
Insulin Nation
DECEMBER 8, 2016
In the midst of Time Magazine’s 6,000-word “Person of the Year” profile of Donald Trump, the president-elect said, “I’m going to bring down drug prices…I don’t like what has happened with drug prices.”. Commentary.
HIStalk Weekender
MAY 18, 2018
My first inclination is to at least publish the Medicare price. I subscribed to Texture even before Apple bought the “Netflix for magazines” company a few weeks back. Weekly News Recap. The VA signs a 10-year, $10 billion contract with Cerner for its new EHR.
Henry Kotula
JULY 15, 2018
Fortune magazine named Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2017 for the 12th consecutive year; the year before, Working Mother magazine ranked the health system among the 100 best companies for working mothers. [link].
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