Tag Archives: Prescription

Hospital, Trends

Trusts, Busting (Telehealth and Rx Blooming?)

Posted on by Greg Judd

Last week, the Social Security and Medicare boards of trustees released their annual financial forecasts, and media reports predictably led with their scariest interpretation of those forecasts: “Hospital fund set to run out by 2026” read one typical headline. The trustees have a long-established track record of, well, let’s call it “conservative” forecasting, and nothing […]

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Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Anthem Accelerating IngenioRx Roll-Out

Posted on by John Santilli
25
Apr

Anthem, Inc. established a new pharmacy benefits manager called IngenioRx in October 2017 and entered into a five-year agreement with CVS Health’s Caremark subsidiary to begin offering PBM solutions. In January 2019, Anthem terminated the Express Scripts PBM Agreement earlier than the original expiration date of December 31, 2019 due to the recent acquisition of […]

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Long Term Care, Pharmacy

Genoa Healthcare, an OptumRx subsidiary, Continues its Growth Strategy

Posted on by John Santilli
05
Feb

Genoa Healthcare is the largest provider of pharmacy, outpatient telepsychiatry and medication management services

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Clinical Collaborations

OneOme Making Progress in Pharmacogenomics

Posted on by John Santilli
01
Feb

Pharmacogenomics is one of the key aspects of personalized medicine, focusing on how an individual’s DNA affects the way they respond to medications. All individuals have different genetic make-up so they respond differently to the same medication. Based on this insight, pharmacogenomics allows customized treatment for a wide range of health problems including; cardiovascular disease, […]

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Pharmaceutical

FamilyWize’s Online Drug Discount Care Program Growing Rapidly

Posted on by John Santilli
03
Jan

FamilyWize, a Bethlehem, Pa.-based company devoted to getting the best prices for their consumers, think they can play a big role in helping patients to reduce their prescription costs.

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Pharmacy Benefit Managers

PBM P&T Practices The HEAT Initiative Is Gaining Momentum

Posted on by John Santilli
04
May

Care outside the hospital, like P&T committee responsibilities outside the hospital, is necessarily different. New processes and solutions, such as cloud computing, can help improve performance and transparency of benefit management for purchasers or users of health care services. The current role of PBMs includes concurrent improvement in health outcomes, so the take-home message is […]

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Market Report, Uncategorized

Department of Defense Drug Cost-Savings Programs

Posted on by John Santilli
Military Healthcare
03
Jan

Department of Defense Drug Cost-Savings Programs. The Department of Defense pharmacy program is on to track to slice $1.3 billion off projected drug costs from 2014 to 2019, thanks to higher beneficiary co-pays, tighter point-of-service rules and recent streamlining of prescription drug processes across the military, explained Dr. George E. Jones, chief of pharmacy operations […]

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Dr. Randy Vogenberg

Employers as Plan Sponsors: Direct to Purchaser

Posted on by John Santilli

Employers as Plan Sponsors: Direct to Purchaser, Published at Drake University Delta Rx Institute, Dr. F. Randy Vogenberg, Partner Access Market Intelligence, an affiliate of the National Institute of Collaborative Healthcare Pharmacists are some of the most visible health professionals to the public eye, but they often stand misunderstood by purchasers of health care. They are best known […]

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