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How Will New FDA Hearing Aid Regulations Impact Health Plans?

HIT Consultant

First, let’s examine the new regulatory framework the FDA established. The regulations may provide an opportunity for health insurers to attract new members – and retain existing ones – with hearing loss. Health plans should be on the alert for potential pitfalls arising from the new regulations. million U.S.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

from 2018-2019. Therapeutic Value Assessments of Novel Medicines in the US and Europe, 2018-2019. Hospital-Administered Cancer Therapy Prices for Patients With Private Health Insurance. The post Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy appeared first on Bill of Health. JAMA Oncol. JAMA Netw Open.

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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

Health Populi

Its longer more formal name was The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, and it created a pathway for generic drug applications to the FDA. Fast-forward through the 1990s and the advent of PBMs — pharmacy benefit management companies — the intermediaries managing drug benefits for health insurance plans.

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Personalized Medicine: Consumer Concerns About Coverage, Affordability and Privacy

Health Populi

consumers’ views on personalized medicine comes from a survey conducted for PMC, the Personalized Medicine Coalition, and GenomeWeb , published in May 2018. This is important because in 2017, one in four new drugs approved by the FDA were designed to treat a small population, falling. This picture of U.S.

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The Caveats of CES 2019

Health Populi

In June 2018, the FCC rolled back net neutrality, a policy that President Obama had put in place. I’ve asserted for many years that connectivity and broadband are a social determinant of health. Who will spend over $99 for an FDA-cleared medical device for home use?

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CMS Updates IPPS Rates, Wage Index and DSH Uncompensated Care in 2024 Final Rule

Hall Render

This new Final Rule counts days of patients who receive from the demonstration (1) health insurance that covers inpatient hospital services or (2) premium assistance that covers 100 percent of the premium cost to the patient, which the patient uses to buy health insurance that covers inpatient hospital services.

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The Retail Health Battle Royale, Day 5 – Consumer Demands For a Health/Care Ecosystem (and What We Can Learn from Costco’s $1.50 Hot Dog)

Jane Sarashon

” Well beyond our individual genetic codes, our health is made where we live, work, play, pray, learn, and shop… also well beyond hospitals and doctors’ offices in-between appointments, and often paid-for out-of-pocket quite separate from peoples’ health insurance plans. billion in 2018.