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Drug Utilization Under Managed Medicaid
Cash-strapped states are shifting patients from traditional fee-for-service Medicaid coverage to managed Medicaid plans. The IMS Institute of Healthcare Informatics took an early look at how this trend effects prescription drug utilization.
Posted in Strategy Also tagged Congress, drug utilization, economic stimulus, fee-for-service, IMS Health, managed Medicaid, Medicaid, States Leave a comment
Questions About the 2013 Implementation of IPAB
by Tom Norton
With the general election behind us, the anticipated avalanche of ObamaCare regulations has begun. Last week, it was reported that more than 13,000 pages of rules and regulations have been issued by HHS since Nov. 6th. A huge amount of activity, to be sure, but as stated, not surprising. That’s because the law [...]
Posted in FDA, Legal, Market Access, Regulatory, healthcare, pricing Also tagged Affordable Care Act, cost-cutting, government, HHS, IPAB, Obamacare, pricing Leave a comment
Ethics in Drug Innovation: The First Hurdle is Trust
By Ansis Helmanis
Ethics is a matter of trust, which in the regulatory space requires transparency and openness among all stakeholders, including patients and industry. This was the consensus of FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg and European Medicines Agency (EMA) Executive Director Guido Rasi, both of whom shared the podium with Nobel Laureate Professor Elie Wiesel [...]
Posted in Europe, Events, FDA, Global, Guest Blog, Market Access, Patient Communication, Regulatory, healthcare, leadership, pricing Also tagged Elie Wiesel, EMA, FDA, Guido Rasi, Margaret Hamburg, Prix Galien, reimbursement, sequestration Leave a comment
Working Out the Kinks in Health IT
Industry executives and government officials convened in Washington DC yesterday to examine the present state of health information technology (HIT), and to identify the bugs, challenges and hiccups that continue to plague EHR platforms, and the policies that regulate them.
Posted in E-Media, Regulatory, Safety, Technology Also tagged EHRs, government, Health IT, HIT, ONC Leave a comment
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