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

Clarivate

Strategy #1: innovate and create Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said that overnight success takes about 10 years — and that ramp-up period may be what’s playing out for the ecommerce giant in healthcare. billion, following an earlier failed healthcare venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.

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Specialty Treatments Require a New Approach to Affordability

PM360

As a mission-driven company and digital healthcare leader, GoodRx has helped patients obtain an estimated 80 million prescriptions they otherwise may not have been able to afford. Figure 1: Share of net spending for specialty and traditional prescription medications. The Uses—and Costs—of Specialty Treatments Keep Rising A U.S.

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Five points on CMS’s first ten picks for price negotiations

Clarivate

While more expensive than type 2 diabetes drugs, blood thinners follow a similar pattern of high prescription volumes. The dearth of cancer drugs (only blood cancer drug Imbruvica made this first list) stems from CMS only pursuing negotiations for Part D drugs in 2026 and 2027, then expanding to Part B drugs in 2028. With 27.5%

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Consequences of the First 10 Drugs Selected for Medicare’s Negotiation Program

PM360

As many in the industry now know, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the most significant reform of Medicare prescription drug coverage since the creation of Part D and has wide-ranging implications for the healthcare industry. CMS negotiation may lead to additional savings for beneficiaries and for the Medicare program.

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4 Ways to Meet the Needs of an Increasing Health-conscious Audience

PM360

Healthcare and pharma companies are watching this trend and refining their strategies to meet tomorrow’s health consumer. Prescription refills can now be placed with a simple click on a patient portal. What if you scan a QR code on the box or bottle and it would trigger an approval from your healthcare provider?

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Industry Briefs December 2022

PM360

In its latest venture into the healthcare arena, Amazon is reaching out directly to the consumer via its soon-to-be-launched Amazon Clinic , a virtual health service for patients to see licensed clinicians about common medical issues. billion euros into its new facility where it is planning to hire 400 and 500 new personal by 2027.

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American healthcare is too profitable

World of DTC Marketing

healthcare system is bedeviled by greed, with drug companies, device manufacturers, hospital organizations, physician groups, and insurers scrambling to grab a slice of the more than $3 trillion we spend on medical care each year. spends far more than most of the world on healthcare but receives only middling outcomes by OECD standards.