Tag Archives: healthcare

May, 2018

24 May
Quest Diagnostics Study Finds Physicians Lack the Time and Tools to Discover Hidden Risks in Patients with Chronic Conditions

SECAUCUS, N.J., May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The vast majority of primary care physicians don’t have the time or tools to adequately address the needs of their patients with multiple chronic conditions, leaving some patients to struggle with health-related social and behavioral issues on their own, according to new research …
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4 December
CVS Health to Acquire Health Insurer Aetna for $69 Billion

WOONSOCKET, R.I. and HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), a company at the forefront of changing the health care landscape, and Aetna (NYSE: AET), one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies, today announced the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which CVS Health will acquire …
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5 May
US Drug Spending Growth of 4.8 Percent in 2016 According to QuintilesIMS Institute Study

DANBURY, Conn. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Growth in U.S. spending on prescription medicines fell in 2016 as competition intensified among manufacturers, and payers ramped up efforts to limit price increases, according to research released today by the QuintilesIMS Institute. New medicines introduced in the past two years continue to …
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6 December
Global Drug Market will Reach Nearly $1.5 Trillion in 2021 as Spending Growth Moderates

DANBURY, Conn. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Total spending on medicines is forecast to reach $1.5 trillion by 2021, up 33 percent from 2016 levels, even as annual growth moderates from the record pace set in 2014 and 2015, according to new research released today by the QuintilesIMS Institute. While …
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4 November
Both Providers and Patients Drive Health Care Spending, Study Finds

In Miami, health care providers spent about $14,423 per Medicare patient in 2010. But in Minneapolis, average spending on Medicare enrollees that year was $7,819, just over half as much. In fact, the U.S. is filled with regional disparities in medical spending. Why is this? One explanation focuses on providers: …
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16 March
Patient Tipping Point

Patients face a tipping point when it comes to out-of-pocket costs. When patients’ share of health care costs reach a certain threshold, patients are more likely to skip refills of medications or fail to get their prescriptions filled in the first place. Most recently, this was demonstrated in a study …
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2 June
Staying With the Patient

Medication adherence issues account for a significant portion of avoidable health care costs each year, through drug waste, treatment failure, and medical complications. Identifying ways to improve adherence ripples out positively throughout the health care system – benefiting the patient, payers, and all other key players. The pharmacy model at …
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