Supply Chain

The lower price for members is due to a new Pharmacy Care Reimagined model that unbundles the traditional PBM model, company says.

The healthcare industry contributes more than 6% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., says William Theisen, CEO of EcoAct North America. 

The current hurricane season will require providers, manufacturers and distributors to make adequate supply chain preparations.

<p>Sixty percent of provider respondents experience shortages of more than 20 drugs, according to an AHA report Amazon Business helped sponsor, says Bill Kopitke, general manager and head of healthcare at Amazon Business.</p>

The agency says it has seized thousands of units of the product, which has crept its way into the legitimate U.S. drug supply chain.

<p>PharmStars offers startups a 10-week digital health accelerator program with the latest focused on the challenges of supply delivery, says CEO and founder Naomi Fried.<br />  </p>

Cloud platform JUDI drives savings for plan sponsors by providing patients with the lowest available drug prices, company says. 

Optum will assume responsibility for ProHealth Care's rev cycle management, IT, informatics, analytics and inpatient care management.

Rebates and fees received by PBMs account for 42% of every dollar spent on brand medicines in the commercial market, report says.

The initiative is designed to lower prescription medication costs by roughly $500 million annually once the model is fully implemented.