Pharmacy
The results aim to act as a "playbook" of sorts for leaders and administrators who are looking for better ways to keep their group properly trained.
Leveraging regulatory allowances and establishing sound analytic capabilities can help ensure patients continue treatment with necessary drugs.
Health pros saw the benefits of leveraging patient information to enhance the prescribing process with greater automation and transparency.
Witty will take a take a leave of absence with an expected return as Optum CEO by the end of the year.
Walgreens Find Care now includes a COVID-19 risk assessment powered by Microsoft Healthcare Bot on Microsoft Azure.
If the current pandemic continues much longer, acquiring needed ventilator medications will present long-term challenges for patient care.
Should states win their case to regulate how PBMs contract with pharmacies, plan costs will rise, AHIP says.
Some of the medications being used to treat COVID-19 are known to increase cardiac risk in some people.
The recommendations center on redirecting the supply of the drugs from retail pharmacy settings to the hospital/acute care environment.
Because there's such a high level of uncertainty, the risk of a more severe economic impact is elevated and expenses will rise.