by Jessica Casebolt | May 23, 2024 | Payers, Tea Leaves
UnitedHealth-owned Optum Rx, one of the biggest pharmacy benefit managers in the U.S., is launching a new drug pricing model next year meant to make payers’ spending on pharmaceuticals more predictable. The model, called Clear Trend Guarantee, combines costs that used...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 23, 2024 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
Fentanyl, a pervasive killer in America’s illicit drug supply, is increasingly landing in the hands of teens across the region and nation, worrying providers who say treatment options for youths are limited. Across the country, fentanyl has largely fueled a more than...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 22, 2024 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago announced Monday that it “is no longer addressing an active cybersecurity matter” and has reactivated patient-facing systems that were taken offline over three and a half months ago. Illinois’ largest...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 22, 2024 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
A new study found that a remote patient monitoring program reduced costs and improved outcomes for heart failure patients. The program demonstrated a significant 52 percent cost reduction per month for Medicare beneficiaries. The study involved over 350 patients and...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 22, 2024 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
SNAP benefits fail to cover the rising costs of groceries in 98 percent of U.S. counties, according to a new Urban Institute analysis. The report’s release comes ahead of a Thursday markup of House Republicans’ $1.5 trillion farm bill, as advocates say...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 22, 2024 | Health IT, Tea Leaves
Electronic health record company Epic launched an open-source tool on Wednesday that will allow health care providers to test and validate artificial intelligence models. The tool is free and available through the public coding website Github, where health systems can...
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