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Pharma
PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51.
Chains are paid well beyond family businesses for many of the same medications.
Payer
CA May Regulate and Restrict PBMs
PBMs have been under fire for years for alleged profiteering and anticompetitive conduct, but Congress has yet to act.
Innovation
Healthcare Leaders Are Redefining the Hospital Pharmacy
Faced with pharmacy closures and struggling to make ends meet, health system executives are innovating pharmacy operations to cut costs,...
CMO
How Medication Management Can Cut Admissions, ICU Stays
CMOs need their physicians to be addressing prescription overload.
Innovation
Why Disruptors Are Now Setting Their Sights on the Senior Care Market
The retail primary care market may be struggling, but some see an opportunity to meet the healthcare needs of the...
Innovation
Can Digital Health Help People Prepare for Extreme Weather Events?
CVS Health is identifying at-risk members of Aetna health plans of upcoming heat waves and connecting them with resources for...
Payer
Contributed Content: 2 Alternatives to Ineffective Prescription Drug Rebates
Prescription drug rebates were once a good idea. Not any more.
Pharma
World-Famous Wall Drug Isn't Immune From Challenges Facing Rural Pharmacies
Rural pharmacies, especially independent ones, closed at a higher rate from 2003 to 2021 than pharmacies in other areas.
Innovation
Walmart's MeMD Sale Is Another Retail Healthcare Failure
Disruptors are discovering that healthcare can't be run like a shopping center
Innovation
Dollar General Ends Its Mobile Health Plans
The nations largest retailer by number of stores is ending a partnership launched in 2022 with DocGo. Here's what it...
Pharma
Drug Expenditures Surge; Drug Prices Not So Much.
Spending on weight-loss drugs will continue to climb in 2024 and beyond as drug makers catch up with the huge...
Payer
New Report Targets Payer Pain Points for Digital Therapeutics Integration
The Digital Therapeutics Alliance is helping outline integrated digital product workflows that identify gaps for payers, clinicians, and patients.