One In Four Cancer Survivors Can ’t Afford Their Medical Care–And We’re Blaming The Wrong People
One in four cancer survivors struggle to pay their medical bills. An even higher number worry about whether they ’ll be able to scrounge up the money to pay off their out-of-pocket healthcare costs. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 11, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Peter Ubel, Contributor Source Type: news
How runaway healthcare costs are a threat to older adults and what to do about it
(West Health Institute) Empowering Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices, accelerating the adoption of value-based care, using philanthropy as a catalyst for reform and expanding senior-specific models of care are among recommendations for reducing healthcare costs published in a new special report and supplement to the Winter 2019-20 edition of Generations, the journal of the American Society of Aging (ASA). (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Abuse-deterrent formulation of morphine saves healthcare costs
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - January 31, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
HIV outcomes improved by state-purchased insurance plans, study finds
(University of Virginia Health System) Increasing enrollment in the plans could save millions in healthcare costs and even reduce HIV transmission, the researchers say. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 30, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Major Financial Impact, Disability Tied to Post-TBI Epilepsy Major Financial Impact, Disability Tied to Post-TBI Epilepsy
Epilepsy that develops following traumatic brain injury (TBI) significantly increases the risk for disability and boosts healthcare costs, new research suggests.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - January 16, 2020 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Sleep apnea and risk of traumatic brain injury and associated mortality and healthcare costs: a population-based cohort study - Lin SY, Chen W, Harnod T, Lin CL, Hsu WH, Lin CC, Chang YL, Wang IK, Kao CH.
The objective of this study was aimed to investigate whether sleep apnea patients had a higher risk of traumatic brain injury. METHODS: Data were collected from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database during the period of 2000... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
California eyes selling its own brand of generic prescription drugs to battle high costs
Gov. Gavin Newsom's new state budget will call for California to produce its own brand of generic prescription drugs to drive down healthcare costs. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - January 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Melody Gutierrez Source Type: news
Focus Needed Not Just On Drugs But Hospital Expenses To Impact Healthcare Costs
Despite the fact that hospital costs are the biggest part of our health care system and that such costs are growing more rapidly than other health care segments, politicians find it easier to go after biopharma companies. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 8, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John LaMattina, Contributor Source Type: news
More than a third of U.S. healthcare costs go to bureaucracy
(Reuters Health) - U.S. insurers and providers spent more than $800 billion in 2017 on administration, or nearly $2,500 per person - more than four times the per-capita administrative costs in Canada's single-payer system, a new study finds. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
20 Private Companies to Watch in 2020
MD+DI has taken a hard look at the private medtech sector and developed this list of 20 private companies we will be paying particularly close attention to in the new year. It was not an easy task. There are so many interesting private companies in the industry right now that we started with a much longer list and whittled it down to the 20 companies that stood out most to us.
So without further ado, here are the 20 companies that made the cut:
4C Medical is developing the AltaValve, a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) platform designed to address mitr...
Source: MDDI - December 24, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Business Source Type: news
20 Private Medtech Companies to Watch in 2020
MD+DI has taken a hard look at the private medtech sector and developed this list of 20 private companies we will be paying particularly close attention to in the new year. It was not an easy task. There are so many interesting private companies in the industry right now that we started with a much longer list and whittled it down to the 20 companies that stood out most to us.
So without further ado, here are the 20 companies that made the cut:
4C Medical is developing the AltaValve, a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) platform designed to address mitr...
Source: MDDI - December 24, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Business Source Type: news
CCG warns of large financial gap
A large clinical commissioning group has admitted it will miss its financial plan by around £13m, due to higher than expected spending on continuing healthcare costs. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - December 23, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
eyeforpharma Awards: Recognizing and celebrating innovation
At the eyeforpharma Awards we strive to reward, support and incentivise innovation, especially when it comes to the value pharma offers patients and customers. We only recognize meaningful innovation which takes our industry, our reputation and our impact forward and the entries are measured objectively by external judges.
I was amazed by the quality of entries this year. With 500 nominations, our judges – a mixture of patients and health professionals – deliberated hard for many hours, finally settling on just 16 winners, each exemplifying the very best work in pharma.
By ‘best’, we mean not just internal ...
Source: EyeForPharma - December 19, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Paul Simms Source Type: news
eyeforpharma Awards: Recognizing and celebrating innovation
At the eyeforpharma Awards we strive to reward, support and incentivise innovation, especially when it comes to the value pharma offers patients and customers. We only recognize meaningful innovation which takes our industry, our reputation and our impact forward and the entries are measured objectively by external judges.
I was amazed by the quality of entries this year. With 500 nominations, our judges – a mixture of patients and health professionals – deliberated hard for many hours, finally settling on just 16 winners, each exemplifying the very best work in pharma.
By ‘best’, we mean not just internal ...
Source: EyeForPharma - December 19, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Paul Simms Source Type: news
U.S. healthcare spending rose slightly in 2018
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U.S. healthcare spending growth slows in 2017 (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 9, 2019 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
