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Vendor Notebook: new tools and acquisitions from OptumRx, ScionHealth, others

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OptumRx launched Price Edge, a tool that compares pricing for traditional generic drugs to ensure members get the lowest prescription drug prices. It's a new year, and healthcare technology vendors are rolling out their latest innovations, market approvals, acquisitions and staffing shake-ups.

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Americans’ Top Sources of Stress are Money, Money, Money and Family

Health Populi

Punctuating the issue of costs, being able to pay for health care tops Americans’ list of the most important characteristic in the health care system — above being seen by a doctor in a timely matter/not long wait, sufficient time to spend with a doctor, access to specialists, prevention, and a choice of health plans.

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In U.S. Health Care, It’s Still the Prices, Stupid – But Transparency and Consumer Behavior Aren’t Working As Planned

Health Populi

Bolstering consumers’ demand for knowing costs, Metova published results from a consumer survey this week , finding that over 80% of people would be more likely to visit a doctor or seek treatment if they could see their personal out-of-pocket costs on their smartphone.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

in billing fraud Arizona system names new CEO Banner Health CEO Peter Fine to retire after 24 years, handing the reins to health system president Four UArizona bioscience startups selected for Flinn Foundation program Gov. What it’s saying — and not saying When Saltzer Health closed, these 5 doctors’ patients needed care.

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Gallup Reveals Americans’ Views on Industry Are the Lowest Since 2008 – Implications for Healthcare and Pharma

Health Populi

in the second half of 2022, families and households faced financial stress that strained peoples’ ability to make ends meet… and that included health care, as 5.7 million more Americans lost health insurance during the Great Recession era.

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

agency responsible for monitoring claims and the use of personal data out-of-health-context. Article #3 in my deep dive here extends the second analysis into digital health information, next focusing on Americans’ use of quality information on doctors.

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Health Provider News

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Children’s mental health programs in danger after budget cuts Disciplinary information is missing from some doctor profiles in CT. Petersburg Cano Health board members re-elected despite opposition from billionaire Cano Health CEO Marlow Hernandez steps down Flagler-UF Health merger agreement expected to be signed Sept.