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When Cost Blocks Care: Why Medication Affordability Is the Next Frontier in Patient Care
Every day, patients are making agonizing choices to skip medications due to cost, and the fallout is evident in worsening health and avoidable hospitalizations. Health systems are in a prime position to break this cycle by acting as advocates for their patients’ financial as well as physical well-being.
As Healthcare and Biopharma Companies Embrace AI, Insurance Underwriters See Risks and Opportunities
In an interview, Munich Re Specialty Senior Vice President Jim Craig talked about the risk that accompanies innovation and the important role that insurers play.
The Overlooked Fix for Drug Affordability? Give People More Time to Pay
To make healthcare more affordable in the short term and the long run, time-to-pay must become an essential component of every health plan with any out-of-pocket responsibility.
The MFN Executive Order: A Global Reset for U.S. Pharma
It's a bold attempt to recalibrate global drug pricing — with U.S. patients at the center. But without clear enforcement, legal grounding, or international cooperation, its future remains very uncertain.
Tech-Enabled Care: Why Clinicians Must Remain at the Center of Digital Behavioral Health
The future of digital behavioral health won’t be found in yet another standalone app or fragmented series of platforms. It will be built by re-centering care around clinicians empowered by digital technology.
3 Ways Companies Can Make Healthcare More Affordable
As healthcare costs continue to rise, three data-driven strategies can help companies reduce the expense of employee health benefits – without sacrificing quality.
NEMT Partner Guide: Why Payers and Providers Should Choose MediDrive’s TMS
Alan Murray on improving access for medical transportation.
19 Senators Urge HHS to Drop Appeal That Would Jeopardize Americans’ Access to Life-Saving Drugs
A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to HHS asking it to rethink its appeal of a recent federal district court decision that limits the use of “copay accumulators" — which are programs insurers use to prevent medication copay assistance from counting toward patients’ deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums.
5 Trends Shaping Healthcare Business Strategies for 2024
Deloitte released a report predicting the key trends that will shape the healthcare landscape in 2024. Some of them include hospital M&A, health systems outsourcing departments and the increasing adoption of generative AI tools.
Why One Expert Thinks the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Is Here to Stay
Merith Basey, executive director of Patients For Affordable Drugs, believes the Medicare price negotiation program is here to stay, no matter who is president and no matter how many Big Pharma players file lawsuits. Her reasoning? Every other high income nation has been negotiating prices with drugmakers for years, and the program is widely popular in the U.S. among pretty much everyone who isn’t a pharma company, she said during a session at Engage at HLTH.
The 3 Areas that Concern Business Group on Health’s CEO
Issues around healthcare affordability, mental health challenges and worsening chronic conditions are all top of mind for Ellen Kelsay, president and CEO of Business Group on Health.
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RCM Outsourcing: Balancing Human Expertise & Smart Technology
Greenway Health blends smart technology with human expertise to elevate revenue cycle.
Arrive Health Acquires Medication Adherence Tech from UPMC
Arrive Health (formerly RxRevu) recently acquired a suite of technology developed at UPMC. The technology suite includes an AI-powered chatbot and customer relationship management platform, both designed to support improved medication adherence and prescription capture rates.
3 Employer Health Trends for 2023: Affordability Tops the List
Employers have several strategies for combatting rising healthcare costs, including moving to more value-based care arrangements, said Ellen Kelsay, President and CEO of Business Group on Health. Other top health trends for employers next year will be continued support of wellbeing programs and health equity.
3 Healthcare Macroeconomic Trends a KPMG Exec Will Follow in 2023
As the healthcare industry prepares for a possible recession, Ash Shehata of KPMG expects to see more use of technology, targeted investments and an impact on consumers' wallets.
Report: More than 11M middle-income seniors won’t be able to afford long-term care by 2033
Middle-income seniors are those who are unlikely to qualify for Medicaid but do not have adequate resources to pay for the housing and care options they need. The lead author called for efforts to be taken to improve the affordability of long-term care for seniors, particularly for those of lower income.