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Sorry, the Inflation Bill won’t lower healthcare costs

World of DTC Marketing

Congress has taken decisive action to reduce drug prices while ignoring that overall healthcare spending will be a substantial part of GNP. This is going to lead to a lot of health problems and associated costs. 1ne: A new analysis predicts that by 2030, 48.9% of adults in the United States will be obese, and 24.2% percent of U.S.

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Developments In B2B Healthcare Marketing

Scott’s Directories

Thankfully, B2B healthcare marketers now have access to modern digital marketing tools. With modern digital marketing tools, healthcare marketers can focus on finding quality leads without expensive expos. For instance, they can quickly get a business information database like the list of doctors in Quebec.

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U.S. market access landscape: A push for control is erasing the boundary between payers and providers in U.S. healthcare

Clarivate

These developments, together with Walgreens’ recent rollout of Health Corners that help patients manage chronic conditions and its October 2022 announcement that it would fully acquire CareCentrix (a platform that coordinates post-acute and home care), underscore Walgreens’ plans to become a leading healthcare provider.

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The rise of prescription drug abuse and drug diversion

pharmaphorum

From 2010 to 2016, deaths from heroin overdoses increased rapidly, as those in the healthcare community understood the risks of opioid painkillers and reduced the number of prescriptions. There have also been numerous outbreaks of infections that stem from drug diversion activities by healthcare providers who tampered with injectable drugs.

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AI’s role in Healthcare: Exclusive Interview with Catherine Estrampes, President & CEO at GE Healthcare

Medgadget

AI-powered tools can also help identify patterns in medical data that can lead to faster diagnoses and better patient outcomes. In a world of wearables, this can help clinicians spot changes in a patient’s condition earlier than would otherwise be possible, leading to quicker interventions that could potentially save lives.

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How retailers and “payviders” are disrupting U.S. healthcare in 2024

Clarivate

In 2023, Humana’s care delivery component CenterWell launched a senior-centered “ Primary Care Anywhere ” program for in-home primary care in Georgia and Louisiana (where Humana leads the MA sectors) and increased senior membership in value-based home care models nationwide to more than 840,000.

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The price is right (or is it?): decoding price transparency data

Clarify Health

One driver of rising healthcare costs is pricing, particularly the pricing of hospital services, which have been notoriously difficult to see in advance of treatment, and even more difficult to compare across providers and networks.