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Biosimilar agents can help healthcare organizations offer patients more options for their care. So, what’s stopping payers from immediately adding them to their formularies?

As healthcare organizations move toward value-based models of reimbursement, high drug prices can sometimes get in the way of optimal care. Here are three ways that biosimilars may help.

A new cost analysis study presented at Psych Congress 2018, highlights the substantial economic burden among U.S. veterans with treatment-resistant depression and what can be done about it.

Four things you need to know about the Trump Administration’s proposed regs.

The much-anticipated 2018 midterm elections are over, but the effects on healthcare are lasting. What’s next?

Why the top PBMs are so excited about the promise of a new standardized transaction.

As drug costs continue to increase at an unsustainable rate, some hospitals are finding new solutions.

FDA approves the first new flu drug in 20 years. Here’s what’s different about it.

More affordable, more collaborative, and more personalized care is our cancer care challenge. Here’s how we get there.

A pharma maker is voluntarily recalling several lots of a major heart medication. Here’s why.

As Amazon’s PillPack acquisition threatens pharmacies, CVS Health snaps back with its membership program, CarePass. Here’s how experts say it will affect managed care.

Mobile technologies offer opportunities to engage members, improve chronic care management, and prevent avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions.

Results of 20-year cohort study reveal that women with history of this serious medical illness are more vulnerable to lupus.

It can be tricky for individuals with this condition to effectively tackle their diabetes. Here’s how healthcare executives can help.

Patients must first get over these hurdles to achieve healthy outcomes. Here's how you can help.

Preventable hospital readmissions, an objective measure of quality, have long been a concern for health plans. Here’s a care plan that could be the solution.

FDA recently stopped importation and sent warning letters to numerous online sellers of illegal opioids, oncology drugs and other medicines.

Pharmacy benefit managers, cardiologists, and others praised a pharma maker for significantly reducing the price of its high cholesterol drug.

Early results from a first-of-its-kind study suggests that typical use of a fertility app is effective for avoiding an unplanned pregnancy. Payment mechanisms will need to be considered by payers.

Good leaders don’t just rely on one managerial style-they get the best out of every team member by meeting their needs.

A survey from Vizient identifies top strategies for the treatment of pain.

Healthcare stakeholders can impact a patient’s health by leveraging available capabilities and resources to help achieve better health outcomes and address this opioid epidemic.

It can be challenging for patients with schizophrenia to keep to a medication regimen-here are the reasons why it’s important to invest in strategies to help them stay compliant.

Specialty pharmaceuticals make up a huge part of the current drug market, and their impact is only going to grow over the next few years.

A novel treatment for patients with moderate-to-severe asthma is now on the market.

A new indication for rivaroxaban (Xarelto) has been approved by FDA.

A survey from insuranceQuotes.com has surprising findings about open enrollment and the ACA.

Home non-invasive ventilation supports longer lives, fewer readmissions, and lower costs than other devices, based on findings of a KPMG study.