PAM DELAGARDELLE. President and CEO of UnityPoint Health – Waterloo On the top challenge “The affordability of prescription drugs is one of the primary areas of focus at UnityPoint Health. Medications help keep many conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension thyroid…
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President Donald Trump's decision to increase tariffs for select Chinese imports by 25 percent may lead to higher prescription drug prices in the U.S., according to The Hill.
Many payers are turning to creative strategies to improve members' medication use amid intense pressure to rein in costs and improve outcomes.
In a recent survey, Premier Inc. found that a majority of member health systems report that shortages are affecting patient care, often leading to increased costs as well as cancelled or delayed surgical procedures.
Jewel-Osco pharmacies now sell the opioid overdose antidote Narcan — known generically as naloxone — without a prescription, according to a report from the Chicago Tribune.
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Walmart unveiled a pharmacy initiative Jan. 17 to supply customers with a product to facilitate the safe disposal of excess opioids.
In a recent press release from Abbott, they announced FreeStyle® Libre System, the company's revolutionary new continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, is now available to Medicare patients, having met the codes for therapeutic CGM systems used for coverage by the U.S.…
As the number of fentanyl-related overdoses continue to rise, more emergency medical workers and law enforcement officers run the risk of overdosing due to secondhand exposure to the potent substance.
The Institute for Genomic Medicine at the Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital sequences hundreds of human genomes each year in the hopes of tailoring children's cancer care to their individual mutations, reports The Columbus Dispatch.
CMS lifted sanctions on Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna restricting the payer from marketing and enrolling members in its Medicare Advantage prescription drug and Medicare Part D plans, according to a June 16 Securities and Exchange Commission filing.