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CVS Health launches company to produce cheaper ‘biosimilar’ versions of expensive biotech drug
24 August 2023 - CVS Health is launching a new company that will work directly with drug makers to produce ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2023
Blue Shield of California looks to cut reliance on CVS, taps Amazon
17 August 2023 - Blue Shield of California plans to stop using most of CVS Health's pharmacy benefit management services ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2023
Insurers can’t avoid covering weight loss drugs forever
8 August 2023 - New data illustrating the health benefits of Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy puts insurers in the increasingly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2023
Alarmed by popularity of Ozempic and Wegovy, insurers wage multi-front battle
3 August 2023 - Patients are bracing for “D-Day,” the date their insurance companies will stop covering the drugs. Doctors ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2023
Launch of arthritis drug biosimilars ramps up US pressure on pricing 'middlemen'
25 July 2023 - Cheaper versions of one of the most costly and widely used arthritis treatments in the US ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jul 2023
The consequences and future of prior authorisation reform
22 July 2023 - A proposed rule would require implementation of electronic prior authorisation for health care services among most public ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2023
Novel Alzheimer disease treatments and reconsideration of US pharmaceutical reimbursement policy
17 July 2023 - While donanemab appears to be among the first therapies to demonstrate measurable clinical benefit for Alzheimer's disease, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2023
Insurers call for reform to allow hospital in the home for patients
31 May 2023 - Private insurers are calling for structural reform of the health system to enable more patients to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Feb 2023
Annual private health insurance premium rise
6 February 2023 - The Australian Government is ensuring Australians get value for money from their private health insurance as the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2023
Private insurance can contribute to a healthier system
24 January 2023 - Given what many describe as a crisis in primary care, it’s well past time to revisit the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2023
Calls to allow private health insurance to cover fee gaps
24 January 2023 - Health funds are pushing to be able to cover doctors’ gap fees as part of national ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2022
Health insurance prices set for takeoff
18 October 2022 - Millions of Americans will find out soon how much their health insurance premiums will increase next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2022
Insurer to return $40 million in health care claims to 600,000 Aussies
20 September 2022 - Health insurance company nib is returning $40 million in health care claims to more than 600,000 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2022
COVID vaccine rollout too slow, poorly planned, audit finds
17 August 2022 - An audit of Australia’s coronavirus vaccination rollout has criticised the slow speed at which early doses ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2022
One stop shop in Medicare shake-up
16 August 2022 - Doctors may be able to spend more time with patients, treat patients after-hours, and employ nurses, ...