July 24, 2019
Today's Headlines
This, despite evidence that patients don't often utilize connectivity tools or that costs rise when they do.
That development by Merck, as well as a vaccine by Janssen, take direct aim at the problem of adherence.
There is legislation afoot at the local, state, and the federal level that address hospitals and other providers, but nothing takes on ambulance companies.
A Fortune magazine expose argues that protective litigation offers a cautionary tale about the vulnerabilities of legacy pharma.
It isn't Medicare for all, but the former vice president's "Affordable Care Act 2.0" includes provisions that Congress rejected in Obamacare.
Featured Story from  Managed Care
South Bend Clinic, an ACO in Indiana, is part of Anthem's push to take on two-sided risk. "It's a challenge," says Kelly Macken-Marble, South Bend's CEO. But it's one she and Mai Pham, MD, Anthem's vice president of alignment solutions, believe will pay off because the effort focuses more on outcomes than meeting metrics.
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