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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 27, 2019
The problem, they say, is the financial structure of drug delivery that ties list prices and their associated rebates to formulary placement.
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 23, 2019
Onerous testing should be out and collaboration in, according to the Vision Commission’s report.
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 21, 2019
WASHINGTON – Addressing issues related to step therapy and adapting the Stark Law f...
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 20, 2019
CMS actuaries paint a complicated picture of health spending – and even predict a rise in physician wages.
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 20, 2019
Researchers looked at administrative claims data and infused into it clinical data from 377 6-month-long episode payments pertaining to 210 prostat...
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 20, 2019
WASHINGTON – Transparency in marketing needs to be achieved in a way that does not hinder development of life-saving therapies, says AMA President ...
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 19, 2019
WASHINGTON – H.R. 8 would require a background check on all firearms transfers, including private sales, with limited...
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 13, 2019
The HHS wants to help health professionals and patients securely and easily access electronic health information using smartphones and mobile devic...
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 13, 2019
HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II said that these approaches are currently “penny-wise and pound-foolish” in a value-based care environment.
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 6, 2019
Health care was addressed in speech more focused on immigration, a nod to unity, honoring vets, and featuring Congressional women dressed in white....
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 3, 2019
Agency is encouraging plan sponsors “to provide lower cost sharing for opioid reversal agents such as naloxone.”
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 3, 2019
The impact would vary based on the drug, as well as patients’ insurance coverage in addition to Medicare.
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 2, 2019
The intervention group performed significantly better on measures of pain management, emotional distress, and documentation of advanced directives....
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: January 30, 2019
Survey reveals the factors that keep women from pursuing careers in interventional cardiology.
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- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: January 25, 2019
A proposal by the Trump Administration to pay for Medicare drugs administered in the physician office is not goin...
