by Jordana Choucair | Jan 25, 2023 | Payers
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) released a white paper outlining several policy priorities for the current Congress. The policies are organized under three main aims: Improve competition among health care providers, enhance consumer access to lower-cost...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 25, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is making several changes to its organizational structure to improve the agency’s operations and efficiency. Under the new structure, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky will oversee several divisions more directly...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 24, 2023 | Life Sciences
New documents show that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to make Covid-19 vaccination a regular, once-a-year shot that is updated to match current strains of the virus. The agency would recommend two annual boosters of the revised shot for people who are...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 24, 2023 | Life Sciences
Amazon.com Inc announced it will offer a $5 monthly subscription plan for U.S. Prime members that will cover a range of generic drugs and their doorstep delivery. The RxPass program includes more than 50 generic medications addressing over 80 chronic conditions. The...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 24, 2023 | Life Sciences
Optum Rx launched Price Edge – a new tool that aims to make it easier to compare the direct-to-consumer price for generic drugs to the price with insurance. The tool, which is available at no additional cost to all of its pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) clients, scans...
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