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A study published in The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) was cited by RevCycle Intelligence. The researchers of the study, “Patients’ Views on Price Shopping and Price Transparency,” interviewed patients with access to a price transparency website and found that despite having a positive opinion of price shopping in theory, patients reported barriers to doing so in reality.
The National Pharmaceutical Council’s Wednesday CER Daily Newsfeed included 2 articles from AJMC® on curative therapies from the “Paying for Cures: Ensuring patient access and system sustainability” event. The article “Preparing Patients and the Health System for Curative Therapies in the Pipeline” covered a session where experts discussed how the healthcare system can pay for curative therapies that have high upfront costs with benefits that accrue over time. The article “Examining New Payment Ideas for Curative Therapies” sought to answer the question of how the health system can ensure that cutting-edge gene therapies and other curative therapies get to the patients that need them without leaving payers financially exposed.
Navigating Health Literacy, Social Determinants, and Discrimination in National Health Plans
February 13th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the February 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on how health plans can screen for health literacy, social determinants of health, and perceived health care discrimination.
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Similar In-Hospital, Long-Term Survival Rates Found Among Male, Female Patients With AECOPD
March 18th 2024This study analyzed sex differences among patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), with findings indicating that female smokers experience worse hospital outcomes despite similar overall survival rates.
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Drs Raymond Thertulien, Joseph Mikhael on Racial Disparities in Multiple Myeloma Care Access
December 28th 2023In the wake of the 2023 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition, Raymond Thertulien, MD, PhD, of Novant Health, and Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FACP, chief medical officer of the International Myeloma Foundation, discussed health equity research highlights from the meeting and drivers of racial disparities in multiple myeloma outcomes.
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AstraZeneca joins efforts to address high drug prices by capping out-of-pocket costs for its inhalers; Opill, the first OTC birth control pill, is now accessible through online sales; expansion prompts questions on the effectiveness and regulation of remote monitoring technology.
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