Kelsey Moroz

05/17/2016

At a recent AMCP industry workshop, experts highlighted the need to look to the European market experience with biosimilars.

At a recent AMCP industry...

05/17/2016

First Report Managed Care

News

Provider-Based Reimbursement Reductions Input Wanted

03/10/2016

Kelsey Moroz ;

Congress passed the BBA Section 603 without input from providers and almost no notice to those that were building new off-campus departments.

Congress passed the BBA Section...

03/10/2016

First Report Managed Care

PCSK9 Inhibitor: An Important Breakthrough in Controlling Cholesterol, But at What Price?

02/16/2016

Kelsey Moroz ;

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a common—and costly—problem in US health care that is continuing to grow. By 2020, it is estimated that 38.7% of the population will have some form of CVD, with total direct medical costs associated with...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD)...

02/16/2016

First Report Managed Care

Transforming an Unaffordable Health Care System

02/16/2016

Kelsey Moroz ;

If other prices had grown as quickly as health care since 1945, a dozen eggs would cost $55, a gallon of milk would be $48, and a dozen oranges would be $134, said Jan Vest, chief executive officer, Signature Medical Group (SMG), during a...

If other prices had grown as...

02/16/2016

First Report Managed Care

PCSK9 Inhibitor—An Important Breakthrough in Controlling Cholesterol, But at What Price?

02/16/2016

Kelsey Moroz ;

PCSK9 inhibitors are a new class of drug that lower low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-c) levels.

PCSK9 inhibitors are a new class...

02/16/2016

First Report Managed Care

Time for the Pharmaceutical Industry to Make its Side Heard

12/18/2015

Kelsey Moroz ;

Lisa A. Tomaszewski , PhD;

Time for the Pharmaceutical Industry to Make its Side Heard Experts defend the worth of the pharmaceutical industry, arguing drug cost is not the greatest challenge to health care spending.

Time for the Pharmaceutical...

12/18/2015

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Socioeconomic, Geographic Factors Play Major Role in Health Care Related Costs

02/16/2016

Kelsey Moroz ;

A panel discussing the best approach for readmission prevention programs agreed that socioeconomic and geographic factors play an important role in hospital readmission rates and related costs, and while interventions like community health...

A panel discussing the best...

02/16/2016

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News Connection

Pilot Program Shows Savings Associated With Reducing Unnecessary Hospital Admissions

02/16/2016

Kelsey Moroz ;

A pilot program at Florida Hospital Orlando designed to achieve better congruence between what level of care evidence-based pathways said a patient should be placed at and what actually happened, resulted in an estimated cost-savings of...

A pilot program at Florida...

02/16/2016

First Report Managed Care

Provider Profile

Provider Profile: Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

09/15/2015

Kelsey Moroz ;

Coding, coverage, and payment — realities that can stop even the best healthcare professionals in their tracks. Are you coding to the highest level? Are you following the latest payment regulations? Why should you even care about coverage?

Coding, coverage, and payment —...

09/15/2015

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