Jan 7, 2019 | Employers & Health Plans, Federal, State
Patients deserve to know what a given drug could cost when they’re being told about the benefits and risks it may have. They deserve to know if the drug company has pushed their prices to abusive levels. And they deserve to know this every time they see a drug...
Jan 3, 2019 | Employers & Health Plans, Federal, State
So much of what drives expensive, chronic health conditions are often called social determinants of health… For millions of Americans, our lives outside the doctor’s office can have major impacts on health outcomes.— Alex Azar, Remarks to America’s Essential Hospitals...
Jan 3, 2019 | Corporate News, Employers & Health Plans, Federal, State
According to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 72,000 people in the US are predicted to have died from drug overdoses in 2017 — nearly 200 a day. A recent article put those numbers in perspective, “In comparison more than...
Jan 3, 2019 | Employers & Health Plans, Federal, State
“Imagine a day when healthcare delivery in the United States functions the way other parts of our economy do. We as patients would pick providers with the level of information we have when using Amazon or Yelp. Consumers would drive quality and cost-effectiveness with...