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Dr Mark Fendrick, PAN Foundation's Dan Klein Commend Trump Administration's Drug Rebate Proposal
In a commentary, Dan Klein, president and chief operating officer of the Patient Access Network Foundation, and A. Mark Fendrick, MD, director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design at the University of Michigan, called the Trump administration's recent drug rebate proposal an opportunity to significantly lower out-of-pocket precription drug costs for Medicare patients.
In a commentary, Dan Klein, president and chief operating officer of the Patient Access Network Foundation, and A. Mark Fendrick, MD, director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design at the University of Michigan, called the Trump administration's recent drug rebate proposal an opportunity to significantly lower out-of-pocket precription drug costs for Medicare patients. The pair called the proposal spot on for both improving access and affordability but note that accomplishing these goals will require support from all key stakeholders, including patient advocates, pharmaceutical companies, health plans, and pharmaceutical benefit managers.
However, they caution that, like most things in healthcare, there is more complexity to the proposal that initially meets the eye. Read more here.
Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Thyme Care CEO and Cofounder Robin Shah
October 2nd 2023Robin Shah, CEO of Thyme Care, which he founded in 2020 with Bobby Green, MD, president and chief medical officer, joins hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, to discuss his evolution as an entrepreneur in oncology care innovation and his goal of positively changing how patients experience the cancer system.
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Nathan Walcker Discusses Value-Based Oncology Care Initiatives at FCS
September 8th 2023Nathan Walcker, CEO at Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCS), highlights some of the recent partnerships and initiatives at FCS to improve community-based oncology care from a value-based perspective.
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What We’re Reading: New HPV Screenings; Lung Cancer Pills; Migraine Relief Device
November 9th 2023A study suggests that human papillomavirus (HPV) screenings should be updated due to effective HPV vaccines; a new study shows that osimertinib (Tagrisso, AstraZeneca) reduced both the 5-year risk of recurrent cancer and the risk of death in patients with stage 1B to 3A lung cancer; a new smartphone-controlled technology could help those who suffer from migraines.
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