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Pharmacogenomics: Creating a Better Healthcare System

MedCity News

While current government and commercial efforts to negotiate competitive drug prices are important, this focus represents a minor—and misplaced—implementation of medication management. It’s time that policymakers, insurers and healthcare providers make pharmacogenomic testing a fundamental standard of care delivery.

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The importance in health insurance in retaining employees

World of DTC Marketing

Sixty percent of employees in a recent survey reported experiencing healthcare cost increases that outpaced inflation in the past three years, and 63 percent expect that trend to continue, signaling potential cost challenges in the future. Right now, annual raises are being neutralized by increasing healthcare insurance premiums.

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PBMs and insurers want your prescription money

World of DTC Marketing

Health insurers have started effectively stealing co-pay coupons, leaving patients on the hook for far higher expenses. Huge Insurance companies continue shifting costs onto patients, with disastrous consequences for individuals’ health and society. The problem is that PBMs are out for themselves and shareholders, not patients.

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Sorry, the Inflation Bill won’t lower healthcare costs

World of DTC Marketing

The Inflation Reduction Act’s health insurance subsidies and drug pricing reforms will improve health care affordability for Americans but won’t do a damn thing for our overall healthcare costs, which will keep rising. A staggering 85% of healthcare costs in the U.S. One in 4 U.S. As the U.S.

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It’s Time for Healthcare To Embrace Patient-Friendly Language

MedCity News

Increasingly, it’s a competitive differentiator – and it can help drive clinical improvements. Access and accessibility aren’t the same All three regulations have good intentions, but they unfortunately demonstrate an all-too-familiar refrain in healthcare. Access to information is one thing, but accessibility is another.

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Competition in Healthcare is Increasing—Rapidly and Dramatically

Healthcare Success

Whether you represent a hospital, health system, or multilocation practice, competing healthcare businesses are developing innovative business models—right now—and they’re targeting your market. What’s more, your highest revenue service lines are likely already facing stiff competition from all angles. .

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Symptom Search Optimization

Healthcare Success

Forward by Stewart Gandolf, Chief Executive Officer At Healthcare Success, we understand that a patients journey often beings with a search query. This fundamental shift in behavior presents both a challenge and an opportunity for healthcare organizations. Decision: They select a healthcare provider for evaluation and treatment.