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State Action on Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to Address Prescription Drug Pricing

NASHP

This toolkit is a resource for policymakers interested in strategies to address prescription drug prices through pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulation and oversight. State Legislative Action Regulating PBMs is a legislative priority for states to lower prescription drug costs. For additional information, email Zoe Torrey.

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The Reluctance of Consumers to Share Personal Information – The Challenge of Data for Health “Blurring”

Health Populi

For some historical context, the authors (all affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania [medical school or Wharton (business school)] start with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which served up privacy protections based on the health information technology of the time. In the U.S., 10, 2022.

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Healthcare predictions for 2022

Health Business Group

Consumers stake a claim to their own health data. Pharmaceutical development and manufacturing are vulnerable to threats ranging from spyware, to ransomware, to malware that ruins batches and even shuts down or destroys production equipment. Consumers stake a claim to their own health data. Old age is pushed back.

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Americans’ Trust in U.S. Healthcare Lags Tech — and Women Are Particularly Cynical

Health Populi

Given tone and tenor of the day, and particularly among mass population, healthcare may continue to see increasing demands for change and regulation,” Susan Isenberg, Edelman’s head of healthcare, notes in her observations of the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer. What might account for this drop in trust for healthcare providers?

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Pharma Spending Gone Bipolar: Generics At One End, Specialty Drugs on the Other

Health Populi

in 2017 after accounting for discounts and rebates. a report from the IQVIA Institute for Health Data Science. a report from the IQVIA Institute for Health Data Science. billion prescriptions dispensed in 2017, and generic drugs accounted 90% of them. While the use of medicines continues to rise in the U.S.,

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What’s on the Horizon for Health and Biotech with the AI Executive Order

Bill Of Health

By Adithi Iyer Last month, President Biden signed an Executive Order mobilizing an all-hands-on-deck approach to the cross-sector regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). One such sector (mentioned, from my search, 33 times) is health/care. But it is certainly eye-catching to see biological security risks join the list.