Susan Morse
Rule proposes no changes to practice of silver loading as insurers start to set rates for 2020.
The analysis finds that value-based payment is firmly rooted in state healthcare policy.
UnitedHealth has already converted, or is in the process of converting, 8 million fully-insured commercial lives to point-of-sale rebates, CEO David Wichmann says.
The insurer is offering providers analytics and compensation determined by metrics that address access to care, clinical status assessments, and patient education.
Primary care represents an estimated 2.12 to 4.88 percent of total medical and prescription spending in Medicare Parts A, B and D.
Sutter admits no liability in settlement; There's a federal lawsuit against health system and another that's ongoing.
This is less than half their 2016 average and below the 7.8 percent average of other U.S. hospitals, according to the annual study.
Plans include a new medical school in Charlotte that will expand patient-centered research currently in place in Winston-Salem.
The Village Medical at Walgreens clinics will operate next to the retail pharmacies, providing primary care integrated with the pharmacy as well as nurses and social workers.
The rebate rule will not solve the drug affordability problem, PBM executives told the Senate Finance Committee.