Hospital specialty pharmacies can reduce cost of care for MA patients

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Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. TOP STORIES Study finds health system specialty pharmacies linked to reduced cost of care for MA patients A study published in the Journal of Managed Care + Specialty Pharmacy found Medicare Advantage patients reduced their cost of care by using specialty pharmacies instead of mail order or retail pharmacies. SPONSORED Cisco Meraki Smart Spaces: Enterprises at Scale From Presidio, Cisco Meraki, and Purple AI Join Presidio, Cisco Meraki and Purple AI on Thursday, May 5th from 3PM - 4PM EST to learn how you can transform any location into a highly-intelligent smart space. BMS shows what's NEX-T for CAR T, plus its strategy for next-gen cancer cell therapy By Frank Vinluan Tuesday, May 3, 2022 11:35 PM As an oncologist, Kristen Hege first encountered cancer cell therapy research in the mid-1990s. Now as a Bristol Myers Squibb executive, she oversees efforts to improve the pharma giant's first generation of cell therapies while also building a pipeline of next-generation treatments with better features and properties. Read more » If "Roe v Wade" falls, more than half of states expected to ban or restrict abortion By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News Tuesday, May 3, 2022 7:36 PM If the Supreme Court's conservative majority affirms the leaked decision overturning abortion rights in the U.S., the effects would be sweeping for 40 million women in more than two dozen states where Republican-led legislatures have been eagerly awaiting the repudiation of the right to terminate a pregnancy. Read more » Free market is at risk because of PBM titans' anti-competitive behaviors By Alan Rosenbloom Tuesday, May 3, 2022 6:41 PM Congress must thoroughly investigate the anti-competitive behaviors of these conglomerates and act accordingly. Doing so will provide better outcomes both for patients and a more competitive marketplace for unaffiliated pharmacies. Read more » Supercharged IT, superclouds, and superpowered healthcare – what they can deliver By Gerry Miller Tuesday, May 3, 2022 5:54 PM Cloud resources are now incredibly varied and accessible, with a large ecosystem of industry-specific cloud-based managed services specializing in these complexities. Which means the average healthcare organization can, indeed, afford to tap into supercloud power — they just get it as a service. Read more » Overcoming healthcare's reluctance to technological change By Patrick Frank Tuesday, May 3, 2022 3:46 PM To stay competitive and differentiate themselves, hospitals, physicians and practices must use technology to enhance the patient experience while simultaneously improving outcomes. Read more » FDA clears wearable 3D ultrasound for breast imaging By Michael Schroeder Tuesday, May 3, 2022 1:16 PM Startup iSono Health said its FDA-cleared automated imaging system will make personalized whole breast imaging more accessible to women worldwide and could help improve breast cancer diagnosis. Read more » Why digital health companies should be HITRUST-certified By Jim Farrell Tuesday, May 3, 2022 10:34 AM HITRUST is a framework for systematically managing digital security far above what HIPAA requires. Its stringency explains both why it can be daunting to implement and why no healthcare company should go without this certification. Read more » MedCity News   611 Broadway    New York,  NY   10012   United States You received this email because you are subscribed to MedCity Daily Digest from MedCity News. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.  Unsubscribe from all future emails