The trend of shifting hospital-based care to home sites is resulting in a number of initiatives that increasingly expand the role that home-based care providers are now playing. Often, this trend targets specific conditions including cancer care.
Home infusion specialty services have been positioned for expansion into chemotherapy as they have been integrating into payer infrastructures over time
Metro Areas Where Employers Influence Cancer Coverage Costs. Employers currently represent approximately 60% of the commercial insurance market dollars. The Employer commercial insurance market consists of more than 95,000 companies with self-insured plans, eighty percent of whom have less than 2,000 employees. Entering 2017, these employers face double-digit increases in the cost of prescription drugs […]
Designing Pharmacy and Medical Benefits for Cancer Care: An Employer Perspective – published in Value-Based Cancer Care F. Randy Vogenberg, PhD, RPh, FASHP; Catherine E. Cooke, PharmD, BCPS October 2016, Vol 7, No 9 – Employers’ Perspective With the increasing complexity of cancer care after the passing of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, employers as […]
Telehealth Applications Patient Care Rita M. Marcoux, RPh, MBA; F. Randy Vogenberg, PhD, RPh, FASHP June 2016, Vol 7, No 5 – Employers’ Perspective – Value-Based Cancer Care The term telehealth is used interchangeably with telemedicine by some organizations. However, telemedicine is typically associated with the delivery of traditional clinical diagnosis and monitoring by using […]
Big Data in Cancer Care: Limitations of Drug Claims VBCC – March 2016, Vol 7, No 2 – Employers’ Perspective Catherine E. Cooke, PharmD, BCPS F. Randy Vogenberg, PhD, RPh Partner, National Institute of Collaborative Healthcare, and Access Market Intelligence; Principal, Institute for Integrated Healthcare Greenville, SC As one part of an ongoing macrotheme regarding big […]