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Using Health Information Technology for Chronic Disease Management: AHRQ Webinar
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is hosting a free webinar on Using Health Information Technology for Chronic Disease Management. Webinar is set for Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at 11:30 am EST. During the 90-minute conference, participants can watch [...]
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs: Legal, Policy, Market, and Public Health Issues for Potential Bans on DTC Advertising of New Brand Drugs
Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs, especially new brand-named drugs, remains controversial. Some in Congress remain eager to prohibit advertising of brand-name prescription drugs to consumers in the first two years following a drug’s approval by [...]
Preventive Services: Understanding Preventive Health Services Covered under the Affordable Care Act
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), most health plans are now required to provide preventive services to their enrollees without any co-payments or other cost sharing. Over time, this is expected to significantly improve prevention and [...]
American Health & Drug Benefits: June 2010 Issue
The latest issue of the journal American Health & Drug Benefits includes a valuable mix of studies and articles of interest to decision makers. Topics include health reform, bundled payment, drug pricing, benefit design, Medicaid, medication [...]
Medicaid Drug Rebate: Expansion of Federally Mandated Prescription Drug Rebates in Medicaid
Federally mandated rebates for prescription drugs in Medicaid were expanded significantly – by $38 billion – under the new health reform law, with extraordinary financial, administrative, and compliance implications for pharmaceutical manufacturers, Medicaid health plans, and [...]
Medicare Data Book for 2010: MedPAC Data on Medicare Spending, Enrollment, Providers, Health Plans, Drug Plans, and More
MedPAC released its Medicare Data Book for 2010, with a wide range of useful information on Medicare spending, utilization, beneficiaries, providers, health plans, drug plans, access, and quality. The format is reader-friendly charts and tables with [...]
Impact of Health Reform on Medicare Advantage, Medicare Drug Plans, and Part D Drug Benefit
Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans face an extraordinary array of changes as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act [...]
American Health and Drug Benefits: March – April 2010 Issue
The latest issue of the journal American Health & Drug Benefits includes a valuable mix of studies and articles on economic, regulatory, and clinical issues of particular interest to payors, purchasers, and policymakers. Obesity: Effective Treatment [...]
Wellness-Based Healthcare: Prevention, Intervention, and Innovation for Chronic Diseases
Creating a wellness-based healthcare system is the focus on a new series of articles published by American Health and Drug Benefits, a peer reviewed journal. They cover a wide spectrum of topics on how to build [...]
Medicare Payment Policy: MedPAC Recommendations to Congress for 2011
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has released its Medicare payment recommendations to Congress for 2011. In addition to specific recommendations for payment updates for fee-for-service providers and Medicare Advantage plans, MedPAC’s report includes interesting information [...]
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