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We Need Your Self-Insured Employer Health Benefits Insights for Our Annual Survey [Sponsored]

MedCity News

Do you advise self-insured employers? The 2023 Benefit Consultant Sentiment INDEX offered robust insights and cast a spotlight on the evolving roles of employers as they navigate the changing healthcare landscape. Your insights offer leading, innovative points of view that can guide employers and peers.

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America’s healthcare costs are in deep crisis

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: The media loves to blame pharma companies for high healthcare costs, but unless we start to invest in healthy lifestyles, we’re headed for a healthcare crisis the likes of which we have never experienced. The media have targeted pharmaceutical companies for a long time because sensational headlines lead to clicks.

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Everything You Need to Know About Prior Authorizations in Healthcare

Referral MD

Prior authorization is a pivotal component of healthcare, bridging the relationship between patients, healthcare providers, and insurance companies. While a physician may determine a treatment plan, they must get the insurers green light to ensure coverage. Why Does Prior Authorization Exist?

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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. This is going to lead to a lot of health problems and associated costs. One in 4 U.S. As the U.S.

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American healthcare is too profitable

World of DTC Marketing

healthcare system is bedeviled by greed, with drug companies, device manufacturers, hospital organizations, physician groups, and insurers scrambling to grab a slice of the more than $3 trillion we spend on medical care each year. The bifurcation within our healthcare system is poised to get worse. (FT.COM) The U.S.

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The biggest challenge for healthcare

World of DTC Marketing

American healthcare is the most expensive globally, but it’s not close to being the best. Our healthcare system has become like a mass-market retailer, in the door to treat the problem and out the door with an Rx or other treatment recommendation. Being social and ous can also lead to more loneliness later.

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Disruption in healthcare is coming

World of DTC Marketing

America’s profit-riddled healthcare-industrial complex consumes 17% of GDP, equivalent to $3.6trn a year. However, changes are slowly being implemented that could lower healthcare costs. Healthcare is ripe for disruption, but any attempt to disrupt our state of healthcare has been met with pushback and challenges.