Remove 2026 Remove Healthcare Remove Physicians
article thumbnail

Health consumers: A long way off

World of DTC Marketing

We keep hearing the term “consumers of health” but the American healthcare system is too profitable to allow people to be consumers of healthcare. What if … people got a fair ROI for healthcare spending the way we expect a reasonable return from other investments? By 2026, national health expenditures will reach $5.7

article thumbnail

The continued shame of pharma

World of DTC Marketing

Late last year, the Senate Finance Committee released draft legislation enabling Medicare negotiation for up to 10 drugs in 2025, 15 in 2026 and 2027, and 20 in 2028 and beyond. This would include drugs covered by both Medicare Part B (physician-administered drugs) and Part D (prescription medications). The secretary of the U.S.

Pharma 256
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

U.S. market access landscape: A push for control is erasing the boundary between payers and providers in U.S. healthcare

Clarivate

healthcare payers and providers are consolidating at a dizzying clip as they seek to gain market share, increase access to care and secure clinical control to improve health outcomes. Oak Street has 169 locations across 21 states and expects to nearly double its size to 300 centers by 2026.

article thumbnail

Consequences of the First 10 Drugs Selected for Medicare’s Negotiation Program

PM360

As many in the industry now know, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the most significant reform of Medicare prescription drug coverage since the creation of Part D and has wide-ranging implications for the healthcare industry. The MFPs will be announced publicly in September 2024 and go into effect on January 1, 2026.

article thumbnail

Five points on CMS’s first ten picks for price negotiations

Clarivate

The initial list, which takes effect in 2026, has the potential to roil formularies since it includes a mix of high-volume, preferred brands and a group of high-cost specialty drugs for autoimmune conditions (psoriasis) and cancer. Part D cannot cover drugs covered under Part A or Part B , forcing them to be addressed separately.

article thumbnail

Making Sense of the Latest Changes to the Market Access Landscape

PM360

Most immediately, it will add confusion in the healthcare space,” explains Daniel Sontupe, Associate Partner, Managing Director, The Bloc Value Builders. This will create confusion in the marketplace and may possibly lead to delivery of misinformation to healthcare providers (HCPs) regarding a brand’s drug coverage,” Bambalas says.

article thumbnail

Pulsed field ablation re-energizes the atrial fibrillation market

Clarivate

Increased appeal for dual-energy systems: Sometimes a situation calls for RF, but physicians like the ease and efficiency of PFA. Abbott’s Volt should join the party in early 2026. Still, industry leaders report switching up to 50% of their RF procedures to PFA already. The drop will likely be slower than in cryo, however.