Specialty Pharmacy

Christopher W. Kennedy, MSM, Chief Operating Officer, Heritage Biologics, discusses how specialty pharmacies can implement value-based reimbursement.

Besides tracking the Healthy Days metric, Humana has focused interventions around social determinants of health: food insecurity, loneliness, and social isolation.

Pharmacists play a vital role in the continuum of patient care.

The future of direct and indirect remuneration fees is in question, according to industry experts.

Top news of the week from Specialty Pharmacy Times.

Leukine’s approval adds to the United States’ available treatments for radiation exposure associated with treatment for cancer.

Immunotherapies for melanoma may be rendered ineffective by drug-resistant cells.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Officials with the FDA have expanded the approval of Amgen's blinatumomab (Blincyto) to include the treatment of adults and children with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia who are in remission but still have minimal residual disease.

Health care providers should be aware of how HIV symptoms may affect menopausal women.

Lower respiratory infections remained the most lethal infectious disease in the United States.

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Childhood obesity may have lasting effects that could permanently alter the likelihood of developing cancer.

Understanding biosimilars will be crucial for pharmacists as interchangeability comes into play.

AbbVie and the International Myeloma Foundation will explore the outcomes of patients with multiple myeloma who have a specific genetic mutation.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

A history of incarceration and homelessness could indicate an increased mortality risk among patients with HIV.

Removing gut bacteria may be the key to treating a fatal pancreatic cancer.

Breast cancer treatments may affect men differently than women.

Experts discuss expectations for home infusion and specialty pharmacy in 2018 at the MHA Business Summit.

Breast cancer survivors and insurance companies could gain a better understanding of mortality risk with a new model.

Social and public health providers linking patients to HIV services was found to increase retention in care.

Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.

Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus is the leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Formal training may help health care teams work together more efficiently to improve outcomes.

Fuel source of cancer cells could impact their efficacy of CAR-T cell therapies for pediatric patients.

Combining Tecentriq with Avastin shows promise extending survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Treating mental health disorders may reduce the risk of progressive multiple sclerosis.

Time spent with billing and insurance-related activities through an electronic health record lead to wasteful spending.

Treatment with siponimod reduced brain volume loss by 23% in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.