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3 rules rural health systems must follow for virtual care success

By Katie Adams Monday, August 29, 2022 7:24 PM

Rural health systems should be the champions of virtual care delivery, according to Jim Weinstein, Microsoft's senior vice president of health equity and innovation. He and Sheri Dodd, vice president and general manager of Medtronic Care Management Services, laid out recommendations for rural providers to establish scalable and sustainable virtual care programs during a conference held last week by Sanford Health.

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How pharmacies can thrive amid financial, regulatory and economic uncertainties

By Alex Miguel Monday, August 29, 2022 6:49 PM

Community pharmacies need to ramp up now to be ready for 2023 and ensure their operations, technology and partnerships are in tip-top shape should more unexpected economic turbulence arrive.

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When getting healthcare in the home makes sense

By Max Cohen Monday, August 29, 2022 6:35 PM

Where home care can really shine is within value-based care arrangements. Finding out someone has hypertension early can lead to medication that reduces the likelihood of heart failure, and paying for an in-home checkup is well worth the expense for the overall savings it can confer to whoever has payment responsibility. 

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Going virtual can save lives: The case for making telehealth a permanent part of addiction treatment

By David de Gijsel Monday, August 29, 2022 6:06 PM

We must continue to push for the expansion of telehealth for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) more broadly and call on our federal leaders to do what is right…to change the game for good and make telehealth a permanent solution. Lives depend on it.

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Cost of adding substance use disorder coverage to Medicare would be slim, report finds

By Marissa Plescia Monday, August 29, 2022 5:59 PM

If Medicare expanded coverage of SUD treatment, it would incur an additional $1.9 billion annually, the report estimated. However, this would be offset by about $1.6 billion in savings.

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MedCity Pivot Podcast: A conversation with Renee Ryan, CEO of Cala Health

By Arundhati Parmar Monday, August 29, 2022 5:15 PM

Renee Ryan hopes to see the vision of Cala Health's founder – who believed that Cala Health's wearable neurostimulation device can be one of the treatment modalities for chronic diseases like essential tremor – translated to reality.

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Evernorth taps Bicycle Health for virtual opioid use disorder treatment

By Marissa Plescia Monday, August 29, 2022 12:59 PM

Bicycle Health provides medication for addiction treatment. Through its telehealth platform, it also offers a team of medical experts, a customized treatment plan, same-day prescription refills for medication management, peer support groups and therapy.

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European approval of Novartis cancer drug puts a new STAMP on leukemia

By Frank Vinluan Monday, August 29, 2022 12:52 PM

Novartis drug Scemblix is the first in a new class of drugs known as STAMP inhibitors. European Commission approval of the small molecule provides a new treatment option chronic myeloid leukemia that is resistant to earlier treatments, as well as those cases in which patients cannot tolerate the other therapies for this blood cancer.

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