Settling up past payments could strain Medicare

Dialing back doses of the two biologics saved $13.2 million over three years, researchers report at an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists meeting.

Featured in this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast is Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research at EBRI, who shed light on the evolving landscape of health benefits with editors of Managed Healthcare Executive.

Preserving the ability to swallow reduces the need for invasive interventions and lowers the risk of life-threatening complications such as aspiration pneumonia.

In this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast, Briana Contreras, an editor with MHE had the pleasure of meeting Loren McCaghy, director of consulting, health and consumer engagement and product insight at Accenture, to discuss the organization's latest report on U.S. consumers switching healthcare providers and insurance payers.

All participants will now have access to the drug through an open-label extension study.

Researchers have compiled a list of chemicals commonly found in plastics, including benzophenones, chlorinated paraffins and PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” and they say there might be a connection to breast cancer.