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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Jane Sarashon

NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Is there an American Civil Right for health care?

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

Health Populi

As patients continue to morph into consumers who pay for health care services, they are seeking price transparency — but not finding it so easy. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The top employee benefit workers value is health insurance, shown in the latest EBRI survey into health and workplace benefits published last week.

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Wasted: $1 of Every $4 Spent on Health Care In America

Health Populi

More savings would accrue through the quicker adoption of value-based payment models, the authors assert, where clinicians take on financial risk for managing population health. Pricing failure, the second big waste factor, is predominantly challenged by pharmaceutical/prescription drug pricing based on this research.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

California sell-off spree COLORADO CommonSpirit Health Names Market President for the Greater Denver Market Cyberattack on health care payments impacts local agency Denver ambulances aren’t meeting response-time goals. s health, hospital chief says Raising Ky.’s

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More Federal Action in the Pharmaceutical Sector as PBM Bill Advances in the Senate

Health Law Advisor

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (the “HELP Committee” or the “Committee”) passed a bipartisan bill to expand federal regulation of pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) for group health plans. [1] 17] Indeed, 9 states have currently banned the usage of spread pricing in their respective state programs.

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Health Provider News – November 11, 2022

Hall Render

Medical groups to Biden: ED boarding at a ‘crisis point’ Nursing home groups request public health emergency extension. Supreme Court Weighs Whether Medicaid Residents Can Sue State-Owned Nursing Homes. Arkansas governor announces rural health coverage with Medicaid program. in prescription drug pricing case.