Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the healthcare and mainstream press.
The National Pharmaceutical Council’s Monday CER Daily Newsfeed included The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®)'s coverage of the 2019 Community Oncology Conference. The article, “Pharma Discusses How to Reframe Value in Era of Precision Medicine, Combinations,” covered a session that found while healthcare experts may agree that the shift from volume to value is well under way, the definition of value has a different answer depending who you ask. Tuesday’s newsfeed included an AJMC® interview with Daniel Ontaneda, MD, a neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic. During the interview, Ontaneda explained that there are 2 approaches for treating multiple sclerosis, and the DELIVER-MS study is the first to see which approach works better.
DocWire News’ article on generic drugs included the AJMC® published study “Consumer Attitudes and Factors Related to Prescription Switching Decisions in Multitier Copayment Drug Benefit Plans,” which surveyed patients and found that most respondents did not believe that formulary drugs were safer or more effective than nonformulary drugs, but 39.7% believed formulary drugs were relatively less expensive. Most patients indicated that they were willing to consider switching from a nonformulary drug to a formulary drug for a lower copayment.
CMS Medicare Final Rule: Advancing Benefits, Competition, and Consumer Protection
May 7th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Karen Iapoce, senior director of government products and programs at ZeOmega, about the recent CMS final rule on Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage.
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The Senate Finance Committee has introduced bipartisan legislation that proposes using Medicaid and Medicare programs to help prevent and reduce generic drug shortages; US indicators for COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) declined further last week; findings from a recent study reveal growing disparities in child death rates across racial and ethnic groups.
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Navigating Health Policy in an Election Year: Insights From Dr Dennis Scanlon
April 2nd 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Dennis Scanlon, PhD, the editor in chief of The American Journal of Accountable Care®, about prior authorization, price transparency, the impact of health policy on the upcoming election, and more.
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A new federal rule will enable thousands of immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to obtain health care through the Affordable Care Act; a forthcoming CMS rule is expected to lower home-based care wait times and raise caregiver wages; the HHS Office for Civil Rights has finalized 2 rules that strengthen the ACA’s health care discrimination ban.
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