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Payer
Braidwood’s Threat To Coverage: An Update
Oral arguments for the case were heard on Monday, and payers need to pay attention.
Technology
HHS Expands Telemedicine Use in Opioid Abuse Treatment Programs
The new rule, announced today, enables healthcare providers to use audio-visual telemedicine platforms to evaluate new patients for methadone treatment...
Innovation
Is Pharmacy Expansion Right For Your Health System?
In an effort to increase margins, improve clinical care, and rise to competitors, some health systems are looking to expand...
Technology
How to Use EHRs to Reduce Dangerous Drug-Drug Interactions
New research from the Regenstrief Institute gives health system executives specific recommendations on how to use their EHRs to help...
Innovation
Is Pharmacy Expansion an Effective Rx for Health Systems?
Faced with competition from disruptors, health systems are expanding their pharmacy services to capture additional income and improve clinical care
Pharma
Veteran Citius CEO Uses All-In Approach to Bring New Treatments to Market
Leonard Mazur looks back on a 50-year career in pharma and forward to the anticipated launch of new treatments for...
Innovation
VCU Study Makes the Case for Pharmacists as Healthcare Providers
The study finds that pharmacists could save millions of lives and more than $1 trillion in healthcare costs if they...
Innovation
Amazon Pharmacy Launches Drone Delivery Service
The retailer is using drones to delivery prescription medications to customer doorsteps in Texas within an hour, bypassing traffic and...
Technology
DEA Extending Telemedicine Prescription Waiver Through 2024
The agency is once again extending a pandemic-era waiver enabling providers to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine without first needing...
Trump Misplaced Blame When He Said Drug Shortages Were Biden's Fault
"Under 'Crooked Joe' Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines." ? Donald Trump.
Technology
Multi-State Pilot to Test the Value of RPM for Methadone Treatment
The University of Washington School of Medicine and Scene Health are continuing a federally funded project that uses video-based remote...
Payer
The Golden Age of Medicine Needs a Golden Age of Coverage
It will be difficult for the patchwork that is U.S. healthcare policy to bridge the gap.