Bursting the Bubble of Over-Inflated U.S. Insulin Prices Still Leaves Behind a Very Broken U.S. Prescription Drug " Market "
This report pulls back the curtain on the drivers of spiking prices. It ' s a perfect example of why we ought to continue pushing for bipartisan legislation and oversight to address this problem. " " This investigation makes clear that consumers are the only ones losing out in America ' s broken drug pricing system, since every part of the pharmaceutical supply chain benefits from higher list prices. Insulin manufacturers lit the fuse on skyrocketing prices by matching each other ’s price increases step for step rather than competing to lower them, while PBM ' s, acting as middlemen for insurers, fanned the flames t...
Source: Scott's Web Log - March 22, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 insulin prices PBM USC Source Type: blogs
Costco Wholesale: What Is Its Pharmacy Strategy? It's Complicated.
Conclusion: Costco Pharmacy Manages Hybrid Cash/Insurance Payments for Rx Drugs Better Than Most Other Big Pharmacy Chains. Still, Costco Won ' tALWAYS Be the Low-Price Leader Because of How the U.S. Prescription Drug Market Functions.Costco Pharmacy ' s cash prices for many prescriptions may be low enough for people to simply bypass their insurance and pay out-of-pocket, which Costco welcomes, similar to how Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. or a number of other rapidly-growing, cash-only pharmacies which are popping up nationwide operate because their cash prices may be potentially even cheaper than by using insurance. Howev...
Source: Scott's Web Log - January 21, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 Big pharma bypass insurance cash pharmacy cash-only pharmacy Costco Costco Wholesale Corp. PBM ' Source Type: blogs
Drug Diversion – Can AI Monitoring Solve This Growing Issue?
The following is a guest article by Claire Reilly, Director of Clinical Operations at Imprivata and former Emergency Room Charge Nurse.
Although often overshadowed by major news and events, drug diversion – the rerouting of medications intended for patients by healthcare staff and is actually theft – has been a persistent problem in all healthcare settings. Pharmacies, doctors’ offices, hospitals, and care homes are all places drug diversion can occur if prescribing is not carefully monitored and managed.
In recent years, multiple factors have combined to create a perfect storm for drug diversion. Healthcar...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Clinical Healthcare IT Regulations Adderall Alcohol Abuse Artificial Intelligence Big Data Technologies Claire Reilly COVID-19 Drug Abuse Drug Diversion Drug Overdoses EHR Electronic Hea Source Type: blogs
LeanTaaS Acquires Hospital IQ to Create AI Innovator for Hospital Operations Optimization
Acquisition creates a combined company valuation exceeding $1 billion
LeanTaaS, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based leading provider of AI-powered and SaaS-based capacity management and patient flow software for health systems, today announced it has acquired Hospital IQ, a leading provider of intelligent automation solutions for hospitals. The acquisition values the combined company at more than $1 billion in enterprise value and enables it to power intelligent operations across more than 180+ U.S. health systems. Together, LeanTaaS and Hospital IQ will drive improved patient access, staff satisfaction, and revenue producti...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT AllScripts Altera Digital Health Artificial Intelligence Bain Capital Private Equity Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Hospital IQ Kirkland & Ell Source Type: blogs
Going Viral
Helen Bramwell of StatNews is an excellent writer about public health. Here she interviews a bunch of scientists to ask what surprised them about Covid19. It ' s a long read, and I won ' t try to summarize it all, but a couple of points stand out.The first is that most experts originally thought, based on experience with other coronaviruses, that this one would be stable -- that it would not be able to mutate so as to avoid immunity from previous infections or vaccination. Therefore they believed that the pandemic would peak after a few months and we ' d enter an endemic phase. (You might remember those models from t...
Source: Stayin' Alive - December 30, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
With RSV, it ’ s time for primary care to step up to the plate
Every pediatrician is familiar with this endemic seasonal virus, expecting to see several cases in their office during the winter months and maybe even admit the occasional one for inpatient care. Even amongst the latter, most do well and recover without incident, though the stay can be prolonged. However, the respiratory syncytial virus — when
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With RSV, it’s time for primary care to step up to the plate originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Martin C. Young, MD Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Pulmonology Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
October 27, 2022 Edition-----In the UK we have a political farce running with only a day or so to run when you read this, with a new PM (Rishi Sunak) in place..In the US the mid-term elections are coming in a week or so, thus some concern as to where the US is going!In China Xi has his third 5 year term so we all wonder how that will turn out!In OZ we have has a Budget with floods, inflation, data leaks, the threat of recession, Medicare concerns and other issues just rolling on! At least the Budget does not seem to have broken anything!Overall an ‘omnishambles’ as they say!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/wo...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 27, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Answer to Case 699
Answer:Clonorchis sinensis/Opisthorchiseggs. The location (South Korea) is consistent withC. sinensis.As noted by Sam, " Both eggs have an abopercular knob and an obvious operculum. So these could be eggs of eitherClonorchis sinensisorOpisthorchisspecies (both liver flukes). We can ' t differentiate based on morphology, but based on the patient being from/living in South Korea, we can likely narrow the identification down toClonorchis sinensis, as Korea is an endemic region for this parasite. WhereasOpisthorichis viverriniis endemic to South East Asia (i.e, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand). Biliary complications can aris...
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - October 23, 2022 Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs
How to Automate the Patient-Provider Working Relationship
The following is a guest article by Stephen Dean, Healthcare CRM Expert and Co-Founder of Keona Health.
Many health care professionals think the strength of the patient-provider relationship is determined solely by the face-to-face interactions between patients and physicians, and that all problems begin and end there. But in-person interactions are often not the root cause of patient dissatisfaction. Splinters in the relationship can also begin remotely, brought about by frustrating telehealth systems.
Today’s patients want seamless, holistic, and reliable health care access, self-service, and communication. They want t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring AI Artificial Intelligence Automation Electronic Health Record Keona Health Patient Satisfaction Patient-Provider Relationship Patient-Staf Source Type: blogs
California ’s Misguided Effort to Stifle COVID Scientific Discourse
Jeffrey A. SingerOn September 12, the California legislature sent to Governor Newsom ’s deskAB-2098, that “would designate the dissemination [by physicians and surgeons] of misinformation or disinformation related to the SARS‐CoV‑2 coronavirus, or ‘COVID-19,’ as unprofessional conduct,” which means they may be sanctioned or lose their license. The bill defines “misinformation” as “f alse information that is contradicted by contemporary scientific consensus contrary to the standard of care.”At first blush, this might seem reasonable. After all, it ’s considered medical malpractice to violate the ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - September 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Transparency Ecosystem in Healthcare
The following is a guest article by Paul Ketchel, Chief Executive Officer at MDsave.
Cost transparency is a driving force in the American market. Whether consumers are looking to purchase a latte, a plane ticket, or surgery, they increasingly expect to pay an “out-the-door” price– something that includes all labor and materials as well as the finished product or service. When polled, 66% of Americans indicated that they would shop for care if prices were publicly disclosed. And in pursuit of competitively and transparently-priced services, some patients attempt to shop locally; more and more, however, consumers flock...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Revenue Cycle Management Cost Transparency Health Catalyst Healthcare Price Transparency MDsave Paul Ketchel Source Type: blogs
Monkeypox: Should the hospitality and transportation industries worry?
The monkeypox outbreak continues to accelerate worldwide; by some counts, the U.S. now harbors the most significant number of currently known cases. Pathways for the initial spread beyond endemic areas for this current worldwide outbreak are thus far unclear but may be at least in part related to international infected passenger travel. Now, with elevating
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Monkeypox: Should the hospitality and transportation industries worry? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 1, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Harry Severance, MD Tags: Conditions Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Generic Crestor Pricing Insanity
For a number of years, I ' ve used a statin drug (like 35 million Americans in the United States do). For more than a few years, these drugs were rather costly and protected by exclusive patent protection, although at the time, they were mostly covered by my insurance to prevent major heart attacks which could cost them even more (hundreds of thousands of dollars in claims).I ' ve used several different low-dose statins over the years, mostly for their preventative benefits. I initially began with Pfizer ' s Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium), but I experienced some pretty severe muscle aches which made it difficult for me to ...
Source: Scott's Web Log - August 23, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Tags: rosuvastatin calcium coupon-generating websites apps coupons Crestor generic generics PBM Source Type: blogs
Women ’ s+ Healthcare Company, Caraway, Launches to Tackle College Student ’ s Mental, Reproductive and Physical Health
Out of Stealth, Caraway Raises $10.5 Million in Seed Funding, Led by 7wireVentures and OMERS Ventures, with Participation from Hopelab Ventures
Caraway, a women’s+ digital healthcare company, emerged from stealth to take on the societal and medical imperative of caring for college students by providing integrated mental, reproductive and physical healthcare. Today’s GenZers expect to receive healthcare on their own terms – an experience that is personalized, equitable and digitally accessible. Built with students for students, Caraway prioritizes the needs and concerns of college women+ during a key de...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring 7wireVentures Caraway Chrissy Farr Dr. Cheryl Baggeroer Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Hopelab Ventur Source Type: blogs
Unlock Efficiency by Integrating Disparate Systems into One Comprehensive ERP Solution
Conclusion
Healthcare organizations operate on razor-thin margins. A unified, cloud-based ERP solution that unlocks efficiencies, increases employee retention, and strengthens the supply chain can make a healthcare organization financially stronger. Think of what good can come from those savings – they could mean the purchase of a new ambulance or a new MRI machine – money that otherwise would be eaten up by the process inefficiencies inherent in environments with multiple business systems.
Just as modern consumers no longer have to cart around five or six digital devices when they only need a smartphone, healthcare ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 5, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Cloud-Based ERP Employee Retention Great Resignation Healthcare Burnout Healthcare CRM Healthcare Efficiency Healthcare ERP Healthcare Supp Source Type: blogs
