Pharmacy
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MedCity Influencers, Consumer / Employer, Pharmacy
The business of empathy: How pharmacists can improve performance by improving the human connection
When pharmacies engage on a human level with patient support programs, patients become more fully engaged in their treatment, leading to potentially significant health benefits and good business for pharmacies.
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Enhancing Efficiency in your Practices: Unleashing the Power of Greenway Health’s Optimization Services
Resolve your healthcare information technology concerns by optimizing your technology, boosting workflows, improving staff productivity, and driving revenue.
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3 ways to reform the pharmacy benefits industry
At the upcoming INVEST Digital Health conference in Dallas set for September 28, in collaboration with Health Wildcatters, a panel discussion on the future of pharmacy benefit managers will be part of the larger conversation on employee benefits. AJ Loiacono, CapitalRx CEO, shared his perspective on the topic.
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Consumer / Employer, Pharmacy, SYN
RxBenefits, Tria Health form partnership for proactive diabetes care
RxBenefits, a pharmacy benefits optimizer, and Tria Health, a chronic condition and medication management company, have launched a new partnership to improve diabetes care and lower healthcare costs for the condition through a proactive approach.
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Becton Dickinson buys into pharmacy automation with $1.5B Parata acquisition
Becton Dickinson is getting into pharmacies with a more than $1.5 billion acquisition of Parata Systems, maker of robotics technologies that automate pharmacy tasks. The deal comes two months after BD completed the spinoff of its diabetes business as a separate, publicly traded company.
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Study finds health system specialty pharmacies linked to reduced cost of care for MA patients
A study published in the Journal of Managed Care + Specialty Pharmacy found Medicare Advantage patients reduced their cost of care by using specialty pharmacies instead of mail order or retail pharmacies.
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Artificial Intelligence, Health Tech, Pharmacy
Former OptumRx CEO launches startup Waltz Health with $35M, promising to lower drug costs
Pharmacy benefit managers have been widely criticized for opaque drug pricing practices. But Waltz Health, which was co-founded by former PBM executive Mark Thierer, aims to use insider knowledge and tech solutions to lower drug costs.
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CEO of upstart PBM: What CVS, Cigna and other PBMs are doing in drug pricing is neither sustainable nor ethical
A.J. Loiacono was speaking at MedCity INVEST in late March in Chicago when an audience member requested him to address whether it is sustainable to have a system where after insurance a drug costs $150 for consumers whereas with GoodRx the same drug is $6. Loiacono took aim at PBMs but also didn’t spare the federal government.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Hospitals, MedCity Influencers, Health Tech, Pharmacy
The future of hospital pharmacy is here: How to maximize this resource to improve patient care
Patients are comfortable with pharmacists being more involved, and physicians place a high level of trust in them as well. That mirrors pharmacists’ own confidence in their abilities to serve as a resource for everything from drug interactions to medication management.
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Consumer / Employer, Payers, Pharmacy
Amazon Pharmacy launches prescription discount savings card for Blue Plan members in 5 states
The discount card, administered by InsideRx, is offered through Prime Therapeutics and its Blue Cross and Blue Shield clients. To use MedsYourWay, customers must get their drugs from Amazon Pharmacy.
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Report finds patients delaying care, prescription cost challenges and care teams impacted
A report from CoverMyMeds interviewed 1000 patients, doctors, and pharmacists and data indicated a further shift towards digital health, challenges in affording medications, and additional roles taken on by pharmacists.
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Consumer / Employer, Patient Engagement, Pharmacy
2 collaborations – CVS Health with Medable, and Thermo Fisher Scientific with Medidata Acorn AI – seek to improve clinical trials
CVS MinuteClinic providers will use Medable’s software platform to improve patient access, engagement and retention during clinical trials. Meanwhile, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Medidata Acorn AI announced a collaboration to develop an application that combines patient recruitment and site performance data for clinical trials.
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3 forecasts for the PBM industry in 2022
The current landscape heading into 2022 will keep pharmacy benefits under the microscope. Plan sponsors will evaluate their PBM’s pricing model to determine if their contract will deliver predictable costs, more opportunities for increased savings and improved care for their members.
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CVS details plans for primary care centers
At its first investor day since the start of the pandemic, CVS Health detailed plans to open primary care centers and integrate them with its other health services. At the same time, CVS plans to close 900 stores as it focuses on this new strategy.