Opinion
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Community welcomes President Biden’s call to action to rein in high drug prices
Now is the time for Congress to answer President Biden’s call to action and pass meaningful drug pricing reform that addresses the artificially inflated cost of drugs by manufacturers, PBMs, and payer formulary relationships.
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Telehealth reform made care affordable and accessible — it’s time to make It permanent
Congress must provide the Department of Health and Human Services the authority and flexibility to continue all federal telehealth waivers once the administration declares an end to the PHE.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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The current approach to care management is not working. PBMs must return value to the healthcare discussion
The PBM industry—a transaction-driven industry that highlights economic distribution, resting squarely on price, rebates, and discounts—has consistently let down employers and patients with models that behave like retail.
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Insurance company abuses are putting more patients’ care out of reach
Insurers’ abuse of prior authorization is creating health risks for patients and contributing to higher downstream costs for both beneficiaries and the larger health care system.
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Why the FTC’s recent decision to not study PBMs might hurt consumers and independent pharmacies
With its ruling to maintain the status quo, the FTC has decided to take a back-seat and force independent pharmacies to fend for themselves in their on-going fight to secure access to fair prices that allow them to stay in business and continue to serve their local communities and the well-being of their patients.
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MedCity Influencers, Health Tech, Opinion
The future of men’s health in a digital world can take a lesson from the past
Over the last century, women’s health needs began to receive the attention they deserved from medical professionals. Men’s health, underserved in the digital space and stigmatized in public conversation, deserves a similar revolution.
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Children aren’t miniature adults — and deserve behavioral healthcare tailored specifically for them
For too long, we’ve forced kids to make do with services made for adults. The results have been nothing less than tragic, as evidenced by today’s pediatric behavioral health crisis.
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Everything and nothing has changed: Why VC innovation and funding in digital health need to target Medicaid populations
Admittedly, Medicaid is not the market most entrepreneurs think about when starting a company for the first time, which is why it is even more critical for VCs to support these initiatives.
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MedCity Influencers, Opinion, Health Tech
Philip Morris wants cigarettes banned by 2030? About that …
This announcement has nothing to do with getting people to quit tobacco—and everything to do with migrating smokers to other addictive forms of tobacco like PMI’s iQOS product, which heats tobacco rather than burning it.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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SDOH initiatives took center stage at HLTH 2021, but will they truly take shape off stage?
Despite all the impassioned calls to action and carefully-considered strategies — and the undeniable conviction behind both — the same question kept lingering in the back of my mind: “Haven’t I heard this before?” Still, I remain hopeful.
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MedCity Influencers, Opinion, Legal
Congress: Block Medicare cuts to support patient access to physical therapy
We again need Congress to intervene in order to protect patients and providers and stop any further cuts to specialty care.
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Congress must regulate medical device repair to protect patients
By increasing oversight and regulation of independent service operators to ensure the quality, safety, and effectiveness of all device servicing Congress and the FDA can prevent future patients and providers from having to experience unnecessary harm caused by faulty medical device repair.
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I love Kaiser Permanente. My ardor has recently cooled
The lofty ideals of patient-centric care are not been borne out in reality. This is a personal essay about my parent’s experience with Kaiser Permanente.
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Hospitals, MedCity Influencers, Opinion, Legal, Payers
Regulators get it right in Optum-Change case, a proper target for antitrust enforcement
In both word and action, the Biden administration has ushered in an aggressive new era […]
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MedCity Influencers, Opinion, Community, Legal
In rural communities, Covid relief and broadband investment can’t be competing priorities
Funding to keep hospitals solvent through the current crisis must continue unabated. At the same time, though, without the proposed investment in broadband infrastructure, rural hospitals and the communities they serve are destined never to rise above the crisis state in which they currently and barely exist.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
