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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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Most Americans Across Party ID Favor U.S. Government Negotiation to Lower Rx Drug Costs

Health Populi

is prescription drug prices — that they’re too high, that the Federal government should negotiate to lower costs for Medicare enrollees, and that out-of-pocket costs for drugs should be limited. The biggest culprit/contributor to prescription drug prices? consumers were asked.

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Zocdoc Learns What Patients Want: Primary Care Access ASAP, and the Role of Women as Chief Health Officers

Jane Sarashon

The ability to book an doctor’s appointment ASAP, care available in-person and via telehealth, and control over my care — these are key factors Zocdoc explains in the company’s What Patients Want report published this week. pap smear, gyn exam), dermatology, and mental health issues. consumers 18 and over in November 2023.

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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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Magnolia Regional used price transparency IT to get more CHF patients to fill their prescriptions

Healthcare It News

"With prescription drug prices rising at every turn, patients need price transparency and the ability to discuss options with their doctors during office visits," Davis advised. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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What’s Expected to Drive Up Health Plan Costs in 2025: GLP-1s, Behavioral Health, and Inflationary Pressures for Hospitals and Doctors – PwC’s Behind the Numbers 2025

Jane Sarashon

Health plan cost trend dramatically fell in 2022, thereafter rebounding as patients returned to medical care after a period of “medical distancing,” avoiding in-person care whether in hospital outpatient departments or doctors’ offices.

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