By bringing regulatory considerations from longstanding governmental rules on how employer-based health insurance is managed, a Washington advocacy group is fighting the adoption of copay accumulators. The group, the Alliance for the Adoption of Innovations in Medicine, is not itself […]
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Tagged as the inaugural Pharmacy Check-Up: Activity & Barriers to Care Analysis, the survey compares pharmacists’ current and hoped-for future activities across the full range of pharmacy types: chain, independent, hospital and specialty. ABC is in an interesting position to […]
Read MoreMultiple trends are converging to create a smarter, more agile healthcare industry—one where transparency and quality sit at the heart of strategy. Technological advancement, coupled with a reimbursement landscape defined by value, is changing the paradigm of care delivery for […]
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Seeking to highlight how “the business has evolved to meet the industry’s need for a best-in-class and integrated portfolio of commercialization, launch and in-market solutions,” McKesson has relaunched its biopharmaceutical services business under its US Pharmaceutical and Specialty Health business […]
Read MoreBecause Pfizer used the phrasing “pay no more than” $15 or $20 rather than “pay as little as” those amounts in copay cards for three of its branded products, the New York State Attorney General received complaints from consumers who […]
Read MoreIn a news release along with an updated corporate Code of Practice, GSK announced that it is returning to the practice of reimbursing healthcare providers for engaging in speaker programs, attending GSK-sponsored meetings, and paying registration fees for remote webinars […]
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At the just-concluded PDA Universe of Pre-Filled Syringes meeting (Orlando, FL, Oct. 8-9), Noble, an Orlando, FL, manufacturer, demo’d a new training platform for patients using prefilled syringes based on BD syringe designs. The training units (which simulate the administration […]
Read MoreJust a month after acquiring e-benefits-verification provider VirMedica, CareMetx has made a second acquisition, the hub services provider BioSolutia. Dan Desmarais and Jim Long, principals and co-founders of BioSolutia, will take on leadership roles for CareMetx, joining Mark Hansan, CareMetX […]
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One of the broad trends in hubs and related patient-support services is automation, usually in the form of text refill reminders, in-home diagnostics and the like. Now, those services are taking on a human appearance: two bots, or virtual assistants—Ella, […]
Read MoreHub services—usually funded by pharma companies to enable patients to navigate the complex administration of specialty pharmaceuticals—depend on solidly built IT platforms to manage the flow of data among patients, healthcare providers, insurers and, ultimately, manufacturers. Now, two of the […]
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