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What We're Reading: Medicare Part D Cost Strategy; Drug Pricing Not in Budget Deal; Norovirus at Olympics
President Trump will reportedly unveil a Medicare Part D cost strategy next week; a bipartisan drug pricing measure was left out of the budget deal; hand sanitizer is popping up all over the Winter Olympics in South Korea in an effort to fight back against a norovirus outbreak.
Trump Reportedly to Unveil Medicare Part D Cost Strategy Next Week
President Donald Trump will propose lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare Part D by allowing beneficiaries to share in rebates that drug companies pay to insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, an administration official told the Associated Press. The White House will release its 2019 budget plan next week.
Bipartisan Drug Pricing Bill Left Out of Budget Deal
A bipartisan drug pricing measure was left out of the budget deal signed by Trump on Friday morning, The Hill reports. The bill would keep branded drug companies from using delay tactics to prevent cheaper generic competitors from coming onto the market. Drug pricing advocates blamed the bill's omission from the budget deal on the pharmaceutical industry, which had lobbied hard against the measure.
Hand Sanitizer Used to Combat Winter Olympics Norovirus Outbreak
A required item at the Winter Olympics, according to The New York Times, are bottles and bottles of 62% ethanol hand sanitizer. An outbreak of norovirus in Pyeongchang, South Korea, has infected 128 so far. Anyone entering the cafeteria in the athletes’ village is required to use sanitizer before going to the buffet, the paper reported.
Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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Data Back Neoadjuvant Combo vs Chemo Alone for Early-Stage NSCLC
April 24th 2024For patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), combining neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors and platinum-based chemotherapy improves 2-year outcomes over chemotherapy alone, suggest findings of an extensive literature review and meta-analysis.
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Overcoming Employment Barriers for Lasting Social Impact: Freedom House 2.0 and Pathways to Work
April 16th 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our second episode, in which we learn all about Freedom House 2.0 and the Pathways to Work program.
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Patient Navigation in Oncology at Heart of Priority Health White House Visit
April 24th 2024On March 27, Priority Health's president and CEO, Praveen Thadani participated in a discussion on how to expand and optimize patient navigation services in oncology care, as part of the Cancer Moonshot initiative.
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