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Insurers Turn Payment and Compliance Headaches Into Competitive Advantage With Sales Performance Management

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Sales performance management (SPM) solutions, also known as distribution management systems, continue to be a competitive differentiator and vital to insurers’ top and bottom lines.

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AMA Report Details Low Competition in PBM Market

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The American Medical Association released a new report on Monday on pharmacy benefit managers. It explained that there is low competition among PBMs and high vertical integration with payers. The post AMA Report Details Low Competition in PBM Market appeared first on MedCity News.

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Pharmacy benefit managers inflate drug prices and decrease competition while consumers pay the price. Does the FTC have the medicine to fix it?

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Many have never heard of a pharmacy benefit manager, mega-profitable companies that control what consumers pay for prescription drugs. The FTC’s new probe needs to go far to change the status quo.

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Why and How To Achieve Effective Data Management Strategies Early in the Biopharma Lifecycle

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Cloud-based data management solutions help the industry meet its business and compliance challenges. These platforms need to replace traditional data management methods and workflows for biopharma companies and contract development and manufacturing organizations that seek competitive advantages.

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Does Chronic Disease Management in Medicare Advantage Need a ‘Retail’ Makeover?

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Adopting consumer strategies from leading retailers can give MA plans an edge in an increasingly competitive market filled with new entities while improving quality, reducing cost, and improving member loyalty.

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PBMs Are in Regulators’ Crosshairs But Are Regulators Missing the Point?

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But the consequences of failing to address pharmacy benefit managers’ use of market power to block competition and extract monopoly profits from payers and consumers will not be limited to drug costs – it will change all of healthcare for generations.

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Trilliant Health releases index for more accurate hospital benchmarking, comparisons

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Healthcare stakeholders across the entire industry — including hospitals, payers, device companies, drugmakers and tech vendors — can use the tool to inform their strategies for things like competitive analysis, clinical quality program management, mergers, acquisitions and product sales.