By Sana Moosa As provider organizations mature toward implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs), manufacturers of biopharmaceutical products will need to stay abreast of changes, set the stage for innovative partnership, and ...
Close to 16 percent, or 37 million of adults agree that paying more for branded prescription medications rather than getting generic products, according to Kantar Media's 2013 OTC/DTC Study. Forty-five percent or 106 million adults ...
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The budget deal that received overwhelmingly support from the House on Thursday includes language that would repeal the 2.3% medical device excise tax. In addition, the deal would give FDA access to user fees paid by the device industry in ...
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Hawaii is ranked the healthiest state followed by Vermont, Minnesota, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, with Mississippi last, a non-profit groups says. United Health Foundation's America's Health Rankings -- published jointly by United ...
CareFusion, a global medical technology company, has announced multiple new technologies across its device and software platforms to help improve the safety, efficiency and cost of intravenous (IV) medications to enhance enterprise-wide ...
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A 30-year-old woman trained to be a health insurance Marketplace "navigator" said except for the wonky website the worst healthcare impediment was fear. Marina Saenz Luna of the Rio Grande Valley in southeast Texas was trained to help ...
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Health insurance has long been one of the biggest obstacles to early retirement, but the Affordable Care Act may solve that, U.S. retirement experts say. The Employee Benefit Research Institute says only 18 percent of current ...
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HealthPlanOne, a private healthcare exchange services provider, has added Employer Solutions to its portfolio of services. Employer Solutions continues to partner with brokers and allows consultants to provide a definite solution to ...
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Almost 80 percent of U.S. Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older don't know the last day for open enrollment to make changes in their insurance plan is Dec. 7. Medicare beneficiaries have from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 to make changes in their ...
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For many industries, innovation helps to drive down product prices. Over the past few decades, entry-level computers have decreased in price from thousands of dollars to only a few hundred. 1980 saw the debut of IBM's personal computer, ...
AMERICAN INSURANCE BENEFITS, announced the launch of a PRIVATE EXCHANGE technology system that provides employers and employees the ability to participate in one of the fastest growing trends in health insurance - Defined Contribution ...
ArborMetrix, a provider of real-time healthcare analytics, has announced that the Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC) chose its fully integrated, cloud-based clinical analytics platform to power meaningful analysis and decision support for ...
iPipeline, the leader in on-demand marketing, selling and processing solutions for the nation's top insurance carriers, distributors and producers, today announced the acquisition of Aplifi, who has maintained a strong reputation for ...
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) announced today that Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, and Director of the Initiative on Value and Innovation in Health Care, Brookings Institution, will join the Board of ...
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United American Insurance Company has chosen iPipeline’s iGO e-App, with a strategy to modernize marketing of its medicare supplement insurance. The intelligent fillable form software offers speed-to-market advantages and reduces ...