Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas can help your business create a comprehensive employee benefits package
As a small business owner, you have a lot on your plate, from strategic decision making to day-to-day operations. When you have limited resources and personnel, it can be especially difficult to balance your to-do list. When it comes to your employee benefit package, it may feel like it ’s just one more thing you need to manage. The good news is you don’t have to do it alone. Keep in mind that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for your business. You’ll want to consider several factors… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cole Huerter Source Type: news

Can biosimilars lead us to prescription drug affordability?
Prescription drug costs are undoubtedly a hot topic in our nation right now; and rightfully so. As leaders of the pharmacy team for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, we are constantly looking for ways to improve affordability of prescription drugs for our members. We put a lot of thought and research into what preferred products we should cover – taking our members’ best interests into consideration. One of the lights at the end of the tunnel may come in the form of biosimilar drugs. Biosimilar… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tiffany Liesmann and Matthew Wittman Source Type: news

California has set a cap on how much health care spending can rise per year. Here's what you need to know.
State officials are attempting to set a cap on health care inflation. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Hamann Source Type: news

How Moderna's cost-cutting moves hit a Bay Area biotech
As the vaccine-maker works toward expanding its approved products, it is prioritizing certain R&D efforts and eliminating others. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news

MoCo health system resumes 1 of 2 stalled hospital expansion projects
The project's expected cost has increased. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sara Gilgore Source Type: news

New WakeMed surgery center in Cary part of growing trend in health care
WakeMed recently opened a new surgery center in Cary as more procedures are being moved out of hospitals (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Zac Ezzone Source Type: news

CNN correspondent, Atlanta surgeon Sanjay Gupta joins medical nonprofit board
Dr. Sanjay Gupta is CNN's chief medical correspondent and a neurosurgeon at Grady Memorial Hospital. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rachel Cohen Noebes Source Type: news

Jacksonville hospitals fare well in Leapfrog ratings
The metro area had a high percentage of top performers, according to The Leapfrog Group. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Stuart Korfhage Source Type: news

Private equity firm buys All Star Healthcare
This health care staffing firm has about 300 employees. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Brian Bandell Source Type: news

Novartis to pay $1B upfront for Watertown startup aiming to improve radiation treatment
In addition to the $1 billion payment, the company will also be eligible for up to $750 million in potential milestone payments. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news

Covid lingers in Oregon but hospitalizations have plummeted
With 82 Covid-positive patients in Oregon hospitals, the virus is still out there but much diminished. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Elizabeth Hayes Source Type: news

Moderna makes several cost-cutting moves, leans into AI
As the vaccine-maker works toward expanding its approved products, it's prioritizing certain R&D efforts and eliminating others. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news

Across the nation, independent doctors are increasingly joining Aledade to provide better care and stay in business
Since joining Aledade in 2022, Coal Creek Family Medicine, a small independent practice in Louisville, Colorado, has used Aledade ’s proprietary population health tool and in-practice support to close care gaps and enhance quality care delivery. “Being a member of Aledade has encouraged us to keep working toward quality care and make sustainable changes in our practice. Aledade has been the most supportive and involved pa rtner we have encountered,” said Dr. Lisa Talamantes, physician owner… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Aledade Source Type: news

Upperline health partners with AI company Navina to improve care
Upperline Health has partnered with Navina, an AI focused technology company. Here's what the partnership entails and how Upperline Health is using it to improve care for its patients. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nikki Ross Source Type: news

Hologic adds to breast surgery tech with $310M acquisition
From the Boston Business Journal. Marlborough women ’s health tech company Hologic said on Wednesday it will acquire a U.K.-based company that makes products for use during breast surgery. Hologic Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX) said the deal to buy Endomagnetics Ltd. would expand its breast surgery portfolio. Hologic's technology already ranges from a commer cial 3D mammography system to testing for cervical cancer, sexually transmitted infections and respiratory illnesses. Hologic also develops surgical… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - May 2, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news