Pharmacy
Cigna and Express Scripts clients will activate the new program for participating plans by moving covered insulin products to a lower copayment.
Large employers are increasingly interested in integrating dental, vision, pharmacy, other benefits, due to better outcomes, lower costs and employee satisfaction, survey finds.
Only 5 percent of physicians always track whether their patients are taking their drugs, survey says.
Andrew Mellin, VP and medical informatics physician at Surescripts, says his company's price transparency service allows providers to make choices that are in the best interests of the patient.
Readmissions dipped at a participating facility after implementing a new medication education program.
The pharmaceutical industry's biggest barrier? Data, of course.
CEO Tom Skelton says Surescripts' product allows doctors to tell the patient at the point of care the price of prescriptions along with alternatives.
More older adults in the ED is a bad sign for patients but also for providers, who often struggle with costs and utilization.
The bill and HHS rule would increase premiums by 25 percent, as insurers use the rebates to lower premiums, AHIP says.
Policy experts and providers said his charge in the face of the tobacco industry and work to speed drug approvals has improved public health - but one group attacked his tenure, citing FDA's decision on a powerful opioid.