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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

The drug store entered the retail clinic business in summer 2006 by acquiring Minneapolis-based MinuteClinic, an already-established chain of retail-based healthcare clinics with many locations inside CVS pharmacies.

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Developments In B2B Healthcare Marketing

Scott’s Directories

Digital Research Like everyone else, healthcare providers use the internet to find vendors, products, and services they need. In fact, a study in 2013 by Google and HIMSS showed that 50% of hospital administrators research products they need on the internet. These social platforms allow B2B marketers to run ads.

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

Clarivate

But, even without Amedisys, the insurer still has home healthcare company LHC Group, acquired in early 2023, and will leverage a long-term partnership with Walmart plus the nation’s largest network of employed and affiliated physicians through Optum to manage patient health and drive down costs for vulnerable patients.

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Biogen’s $900 million settlement signals scrutiny on speaker fees

Pharmaceutical Technology

In 2009, former Biogen employee Michael Bawduniak filed a lawsuit claiming that Biogen had violated the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute by providing millions of dollars to healthcare providers (HCPs) as an incentive to prescribe three of its multiple sclerosis (MS) drugs.

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

Medgadget

and held several General Manager roles both for GE Capital Equipment Finance and GE HealthCare Financial Services Global Vendor division. Mid-America business unit in GE HealthCare U.S. and Canada, and in 2013 my responsibilities expanded to lead the Central Corridor $2.5B In 1999, I joined GE Capital in the U.S. business unit.

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US legislative update: takeaways for European pharma

European Pharmaceutical Review

For example, the US recently passed the Inflation Reduction Act, 1 which requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate prices for certain physician-administered and retail prescription drugs covered under Medicare Parts B and D. 136 (2013), [link] opinions/12pdf/12-416_m5n0.pdf. 2883, 117th Cong. §

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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.