health care costs

Original Research

Health Care Spending in Patients With Stage 3 and Stage 4 Pressure Injuries and Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated Early With Clostridial Collagenase Ointment: A Retrospective Data Review

08/04/2020

Jeffrey D. Lehrman , DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA;

Gary Delhougne ;

Ankur Patel , MS;

The objective of this study is to estimate health care spending among patients with Stage 3 and Stage 4 pressure injuries and patients with diabetic foot ulcers who experienced early (ie, within 30 days of index diagnosis) versus late (31 to...

The objective of this study is...

08/04/2020

Wounds

Research in Review

Ovarian Cancer Associated With Out-of-Pocket Financial Burden

06/07/2017

JCP Editors

Patients receiving treatment for ovarian cancer experienced a significant out-of-pocket financial burden, due largely to cost disparities across treatment types and a lack of definitive treatment options, according...

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06/07/2017

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Pharma Insights

Formulary Exclusion Lists Create Challenges for Pharma and Payers Alike

10/12/2016

Larry Blandford , PharmD;

Andrew Cournoyer , RPh, MBA;

The use of formulary exclusion lists is expanding—and such lists are beginning to shape the market by further limiting available drugs for narrow therapeutic areas while reducing redundancy of options in broader...

The...

10/12/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Interview

COA Speaks Out Against PBM Restrictions of Medication Access

10/12/2016

JCP Editors

CVS Caremark®, one of the leading pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in the United States, recently made a decision to restrict patient access to physician dispensing of medication directly to patients at their clinic...

CVS...

10/12/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Five Strategies to Reduce MS Treatment Cost

10/12/2016

JCP Editors

The soaring in prices of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for multiple sclerosis (MS) over the last several years has resulted in significant increases in the costs of MS-related care. In a new study, published in...

The...

10/12/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Research in Review

Addressing the Unsustainable Growth of Metastatic Cancer Costs

08/02/2016

JCP Editors

Steps must be taken to address the unsustainable growth of health care costs for metastatic cancer in order to better serve patients while still acknowledging the limits of health care resources, claims a review...

Steps...

08/02/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Column

Treatment Challenges in Childhood Cancer

08/02/2016

Brett Wilson ;

To the Editor: One of the major issues at hand in rural West Virginia is the lack of importance and impact that is given to childhood cancer, because our hospitals can make more money treating adults. Economically,...

To the...

08/02/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Editor's Page

Can Value Frameworks Effect Real Change in Health Care?

08/02/2016

Winston Wong , PharmD;

The concept of value in health care has become increasingly important, and this is unlikely to change any time soon. Health care reforms have been proposed in order to slow the increase in health care costs while...

The...

08/02/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Interview

An Alliance to Reform the Current Health Care System

05/06/2016

Enacted in March of 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) aimed to provide Americans with better health security through comprehensive health insurance reforms.1 Since then, the ACA has helped to significantly reduce...

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05/06/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways

Interview

Choosing Wisely: Addressing the Overuse of Medical Tests and Procedures

04/21/2016

JCP Editors

What methods are used to select the different recommendations that are endorsed by Choosing Wisely? What standard of evidence do you require to support these recommendations? Medical specialty societies develop...

What...

04/21/2016

Journal of Clinical Pathways