Proposed Medicare Changes Aim to Provide Improved Coverage, Access, Transparency
February 6th 2020These changes would lower the beneficiary cost sharing on more expensive prescription drugs, promote the use of generic medications, and allow beneficiaries to know in advance and compare their out-of-pocket payments for different prescription drugs.
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Positive Topline Results in Phase 3 Trial for Upadactinib for Psoriatic Arthritis
February 6th 2020Upadactinib met the primary endpoint for patients with active psoriatic arthritis who had responded inadequately or were intolerant to 1 or more non-biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs.
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Florida Pharmacy Association Report Outlines Concerns About PBM, MCO Manipulations
February 6th 2020A new report from the Florida Pharmacy Association and American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc, alleges that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the state are favoring their own affiliated pharmacies in the Florida Medicaid Program, both by driving customers to those pharmacies and by reimbursing them at higher rates.
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A Predictive Modeling Primer for Specialty Pharmacy
As the industry focuses more on value-based care, predictive modeling allows pharmacies to shift their services from a one-size-fits-all approach to a personalized, high-touch strategy.
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Global Cancer Care Should be Accelerated, Prioritized According to New WHO Report
February 4th 2020Not only is cancer control a matter of public health, but its value should be viewed as an investment with considerable human and economic returns, according to a newly released report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Furthermore, although disparities between cancer care in lower- and higher-income countries may seem overwhelming, the report emphasized that they are entirely solvable with effective national cancer control plans.
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Vaping Policy Loophole Leads to Teens Switching to Disposable E-Cigarettes
February 4th 2020A policy loophole regarding the ban of e-cigarettes permits all flavors to continue to be sold in devices that cannot be refilled and are redesigned to be disposed of after the flavored nicotine has run out.
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Pharmacist Seeks to Empower Consumers in Market for Vitamins, Supplements
February 3rd 2020Using a series of questionnaires aimed at personal health goals, the interactive tool uses your responses to calculate not only the supplement that is recommended, but other data and reference points for anyone who needs more information.
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Study: 2 Million People with Heart Disease Estimated to Have Used Marijuana
February 3rd 2020A recent study estimates that approximately 2 million adults in the United States who have cardiovascular disease currently use marijuana or have used the drug in the past. This estimate is based on responses from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2016.
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