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The No Surprises Act appears to be reducing out-of-pocket costs for consumers, with a new study from Harvard University and Mass General Brigham showing significant decreases in out-of-pocket spending ...
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said last week that it’s expanding its investigation into the role of pharmacy benefit managers by seeking information about how they use foreign ...
The physician does the prescription in the background, Surescripts asks the PBM for prior auth approval and the information is pulled from the EHR, all within 30 seconds, says Matt Koehler, VP of ...
Northwestern University and Chicago-based health system Endeavor Health have developed a new computer program that can help ...
The report also sheds light on Medicare Advantage reimbursement. Medicare Advantage plans pay physicians an estimated 10% to ...
Monarez "is not aligned with the president’s agenda of Making America Healthy Again," says White House spokesperson.
Sycamore Partners has completed its acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance, the company announced Thursday. Following the closing, Walgreen and other WBA businesses will operate as private standalone ...
AI is more readily adopted in other industries, and there are "thousands of reasons for that," says HIMSS Chief Scientific Research Officer Anne Snowdon. The biggest is that in healthcare lives are at ...
Digital health company Waltz Health and life sciences company Eversana are merging to create a combined pharmaceutical healthcare platform for improved patient drug access, the companies announced ...
In the discussion of build vs buy, organizations should take advantage of applications by vendors that are ready to go and determine whether they have in-house expertise, says Yesha Patel, data ...
The American Heart Association, in tandem with health technology company Cadence, is launching a home care program that intends to reduce 30-day readmissions for heart failure patients.Four hospitals ...
Racial diversity among medical school admissions declined following a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that affirmative actions were unconstitutional, finds newly published research in JAMA.