Mary Beth Nierengarten

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Reining in the High Cost of Drugs the German Way

11/22/2021

Addressing high costs of medications and health care as a whole is more urgent than ever, prompting the question, should the United States be looking to other country’s models to improve our health care system?

Addressing high costs of...

11/22/2021

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Drug Utilization Management Overhaul

09/16/2021

Mary Beth Nierengarten

With the ever-increasing costs of drugs, experts are looking more closely at methods to contain costs for payers and improve affordability and access for patients; however, some stakeholders foresee added barriers stemming from utilization...

With the ever-increasing costs...

09/16/2021

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The Coming Obesity Rx Cost Crisis

08/12/2021

Mary Beth Nierengarten

New treatments have been approved by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of obesity but payers covering these patient populations must now determine how to provide coverage and that begins with understanding the latest...

New treatments have been...

08/12/2021

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Integration of Mental Health into Primary Care: Novel Managed Care Model

06/25/2021

Mary Beth Nierengarten

A novel managed care model in Minnesota is showing the feasibility and benefits of integrating behavioral and mental health care, along with social and economic determinants of health, into primary care for some of the state’s most vulnerable...

A novel managed care model in...

06/25/2021

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COVID-19 Urges Attention to Health Equity

05/28/2021

Mary Beth Nierengarten

On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order “Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery” in which he established the COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, charged with providing specific recommendations for...

On January 21, 2021, President...

05/28/2021

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