Four Biosimilar Growth Opportunities to Watch
The value and benefits of biosimilars are increasingly becoming more apparent. Here are four areas where they are growing the most.
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Amid opioid epidemic, FDA clears powerful painkiller
Despite concerns about a new opioid that is reportedly 1,000 times more powerful than morphine, FDA recently approved the new painkiller.
Popular OTC asthma inhaler is back amid concerns
Certain groups expressed “deep concern” over FDA allowing an OTC asthma inhaler to be sold again after it was removed from the market 7 years ago. Here’s why.
Why Health Execs Need Design Thinking
It’s the hot new skill showing up across the resumes and job postings-but what does if have to do with healthcare?
New Model Aims to Improve PBM-Employer Alignment
This comprehensive, pay-for-performance approach drives clinical quality and affordability.
What Patients Want Healthcare Providers to Teach Them
Here is the one surprising thing that improves patients’ ability to effectively manage their own health.
Formulary Management for Biosimilars: 4 Payer Challenges
Biosimilar agents can help healthcare organizations offer patients more options for their care. So, what’s stopping payers from immediately adding them to their formularies?
Three Ways Biosimilars Can Play a Role in Value-Based Care
As healthcare organizations move toward value-based models of reimbursement, high drug prices can sometimes get in the way of optimal care. Here are three ways that biosimilars may help.
The Economic Burden of Depression Among Veterans
A new cost analysis study presented at Psych Congress 2018, highlights the substantial economic burden among U.S. veterans with treatment-resistant depression and what can be done about it.
Looser Restrictions on HRAs on the Horizon
Four things you need to know about the Trump Administration’s proposed regs.
Top 7 Healthcare Takeaways from the Midterm Elections
The much-anticipated 2018 midterm elections are over, but the effects on healthcare are lasting. What’s next?
Four Reasons Payers Are Investing in Real-Time Benefit Check
Why the top PBMs are so excited about the promise of a new standardized transaction.
Nine Ways to Deal with Escalating Drug Costs
As drug costs continue to increase at an unsustainable rate, some hospitals are finding new solutions.
FDA approves game-changing influenza drug
FDA approves the first new flu drug in 20 years. Here’s what’s different about it.
Time to Address ‘Financial Toxicity’ of Cancer Treatment
More affordable, more collaborative, and more personalized care is our cancer care challenge. Here’s how we get there.
Opinion: The Best Lesson We Can Learn from the German Healthcare System
As President Trump intensifies his battle with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over trade and NATO policies, he should pause to consider the lessons from another German Chancellor-Otto von Bismarck.
Popular blood pressure drug recalled
A pharma maker is voluntarily recalling several lots of a major heart medication. Here’s why.
Drugstore Chain Membership Program Poised to Rival Amazon: Experts React
As Amazon’s PillPack acquisition threatens pharmacies, CVS Health snaps back with its membership program, CarePass. Here’s how experts say it will affect managed care.
Four Ways Mobile Remote Patient Monitoring Can Improve Star Ratings
Mobile technologies offer opportunities to engage members, improve chronic care management, and prevent avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions.
Mental Health Condition Linked to Autoimmune Disease
Results of 20-year cohort study reveal that women with history of this serious medical illness are more vulnerable to lupus.
Diabetics More Likely to Suffer from This Condition Than Non-Diabetics
It can be tricky for individuals with this condition to effectively tackle their diabetes. Here’s how healthcare executives can help.
This Component is Key to Diabetes Self-Management
Patients must first get over these hurdles to achieve healthy outcomes. Here's how you can help.
Preventable Readmissions Possible with This Care Model
Preventable hospital readmissions, an objective measure of quality, have long been a concern for health plans. Here’s a care plan that could be the solution.
FDA cracks down on websites selling illegal drugs
FDA recently stopped importation and sent warning letters to numerous online sellers of illegal opioids, oncology drugs and other medicines.
Cholesterol drug’s price cut widely praised
Pharmacy benefit managers, cardiologists, and others praised a pharma maker for significantly reducing the price of its high cholesterol drug.
The Reasons Fertility Apps Are on the Rise
Early results from a first-of-its-kind study suggests that typical use of a fertility app is effective for avoiding an unplanned pregnancy. Payment mechanisms will need to be considered by payers.
Top 4 Ways Healthcare Executives Can Be Better Leaders
Good leaders don’t just rely on one managerial style-they get the best out of every team member by meeting their needs.
What’s Missing from Hospital Opioid Stewardship Programs
A survey from Vizient identifies top strategies for the treatment of pain.
Six Ways to Effectively Manage Pain During an Opioid Epidemic
Healthcare stakeholders can impact a patient’s health by leveraging available capabilities and resources to help achieve better health outcomes and address this opioid epidemic.
Two Ways Med Adherence Curbs Hospital Visits in Schizophrenia
It can be challenging for patients with schizophrenia to keep to a medication regimen-here are the reasons why it’s important to invest in strategies to help them stay compliant.