Susan Morse
PillPack and Amazon have no immediate plans to build a PBM but have 'explored a number of things,' say court documents.
While the nation is going digital for services, healthcare needs a physician presence and Amazon is also expanding that strategy.
"We think every problem can be solved with machine learning," says one AI and analytics expert. "That's not the case."
The Lower Health Care Costs Act from the Senate HELP committee will be marked up next week prior to going before the full Senate.
The expedited process and drug access would allow clinicians to complete the process online under new e-prescribing standards.
Rule misleads patients about their out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs, a factor the manufacturers say HHS already concedes.
While most vertical mergers do not impair competition, it should not be assumed that all are benign or that savings are passed onto consumers, Senate Judiciary subcommittee hears.
To get to the scale needed for value-based care requires at least 50,000 lives, Caravan says.
The AMA is advocating for appropriate risk adjustment of performance results based on clinical and social determinants of health to avoid penalizing physicians.
Humana says it is the first national insurer to collaborate with Epic to bring together patients, providers, and the insurer in a value-based model.