We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with
@CareByFirefly, which aims to improve access to care by integrating our in-home clinical services into Firefly Health's virtual primary care. For more info on what’s to come, check out the full release: https://t.co/jv83jRJQkS
"When medication has a personal cost of $50 or more, medication adherence beings to drop. Now consider that we have deductibles that are thousands of dollars... Out of pocket costs are the biggest barrier for patients staying on their treatments" - Daniel Klein @CMSinnovates
The 2019 V-BID Summit Panel 1 and 2 have concluded! Thank you to all of our panelists, guests, and moderator for their input! @CMSinnovates , @egorinm, @stparente , @VaSecofHealth , @Gwen_Darien , @Cigna , and Cliff Goodman.
#VBID2019 https://t.co/4Lz9T8zX71
Johnson & Johnson says it will start giving the list price of its prescription drugs in television ads, the first drug maker to take that step. https://t.co/WmcGOT8lm6
Opinion: When prospective patients understand in advance what they will pay, they are more likely to go ahead and schedule the #healthcare they need instead of dangerously putting it off (at an even higher cost). https://t.co/zdEHHdwh47
*Drug pricing policy changes are a hot topic but will these proposed changes reduce patient out-of-pocket cost for prescription drugs? Mark Fendrick & Darrell George use the drug pricing iceberg to explain. Read here: https://t.co/RK2Uzt5dyJ via @AJMC_Journal
People tend to focus on physician behavior when it comes to cutting back on pills, but there’s another powerful lever: pharmacists. https://t.co/wWTgrcFq7N
People tend to focus on physician behavior when it comes to cutting back on pills, but there’s another powerful lever: pharmacists. https://t.co/YhyKjnf2I5
With access to list prices on your phone, you could reject the $300 sling in the emergency room and instead order one for one-tenth of the price on Amazon. via @RosenthalHealth https://t.co/OUjhr5EJl1
I have come to view how a healthcare organization views “no-show” patients as one of the purest measures of whether it has truly embraced population health or value-based care. Do staff breathe a sigh of relief for one fewer patient to serve or do they reach out with concern?
*Under the @CMSGov#VBID expansion in MA..."eligible Medicare Advantage health plans in all 50 states and territories may apply for the health plan innovations being tested under the VBID model." Read more here: https://t.co/ANrSs9rrzw
*“Patients should not have to have a bake sale or a create a kickstarter campaign to be able to pay for their essential medications." Dr. Mark Fendrick.
"A growing body of research supports the value of investments outside health care for improving health & fiscal outcomes... On a population level, however, much work remains to be done." Improving service provision, encouraging innovation & guiding policy. https://t.co/2OFeslwfDa
It is crazy to think patients have to create GoFundMe accounts just to afford necesssary and life saving care. While it is incredible these platforms exist, we need to make a change. https://t.co/onR3iWiFF1 via @khnews