Health System Consolidation and Impact on Providing Care, Products or Services: Consolidation among hospitals and health systems has been increasing for some time and is now quite broad in many markets. This activity comes from mergers and acquisitions, along with a major driver of larger organizations gaining market share from smaller competitors. The degree of […]
Employer Perspectives Specialty Drug Step-Therapy Program Evaluation American Health and Drug Benefits, September 2016 Vol 9, No 6 – Industry Trends Matthew Harman, PharmD, MPH, Director, Clinical Pharmacy Strategies Employers Health, Columbus, OH F. Randy Vogenberg, PhD, RPh, Strategic Advisor and Co–Project Leader, Midwest Business Group on Health National Employer Biologics & Specialty Drug Initiative […]
Many of the 2016 top healthcare market trends began back in 2012-to-2014, and finally emerged more clearly in 2015 for commercially insured populations. This year Access Market Intelligence identifies four (4) major themes emerging that creates the top trends to watch in 2016 into 2017. Themes encapsulating the Top Trends are Macro Issues Trending […]