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Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2008 Jill Wechsler |
Part D Under Attack Congressional leaders ready campaign to curb Medicare drug plans. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2008 Jill Wechsler |
Challenge and Challenges Expanded healthcare coverage also fits the goals of pharma manufacturers. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Cross-Agency Collaboration for Part D Medicare Part D gives CMS more clout over coverage, pricing, and even drug development. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 10, 2014 |
Obama Policies Reshape Pharma Marketing Health reform initiatives promote transparency, challenge reimbursement, writes Jill Wechsler. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2009 Jill Wechsler |
Securing Savings A close look at the healthcare industry will separate real cost-cutting measures from money-saving myths. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Reimbursement Limits Threaten Drug Access High cost-sharing, narrow formularies create problems for pharma companies and patients. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2005 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: "D" Is for Data It is critical for Medicare to address important questions on drug safety and utilization, and about how prescribing decisions affect health outcomes and costs. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler |
Costs and Coverage Challenge Medicare Drug Plans Rate cuts and fraud concerns create problems for Part D plans and Part B providers. |
Managed Care December 2007 Martin Sipkoff |
Large Plans Do Well Under Part D, But Premium Hikes Cloud Future Profits should increase over the next two years for plans that stay the course, but politics and rising premiums may affect long-term results. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 Huang, Pesile & Mozeson |
Medicare Part D: D for Doomed? New drug coverage plans cost more money and serve fewer patients than the government expected. What if things get worse? Here are two scenarios for disaster. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Drug Coverage, Costs Under Scrutiny Benefits offered by insurance plans on health exchanges and through Medicare are raising concerns about patient access to needed therapies |
Managed Care February 2005 |
Medicare's Drug Coverage Seeks To Strike Compromise Health plan officials are still trying to determine just how the final rules for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit will affect them, because it appears that government officials tried their best to address the competing concerns of all players. |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2007 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Medicaid Sets the Pace for Pharma Pricing Forget Medicare price negotiations. Pending changes in Medicaid drug-pricing formulas will put even more pressure on pharmaceutical prices. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2006 Rod Cavin |
Forecasting Medicare: Price Controls in the Years Ahead Part D in 2010 will be under price and access pressure. Pharma should develop plans for the future by imagining best- and worst-case scenarios. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Pharma Challenges for 2014 Pricing and personalized medicine are key themes shaping drug development and marketing |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Jill Wechsler |
Transformation to Characterize 2013 FDA policies will reshape drug development, while pressure to cut healthcare spending may alter drug coverage and pricing. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Costs and Benefits of Health Reform Will expanded markets and accountable care organizations offset higher rebates, added fees, and closer scrutiny of marketing and prices? |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Obamacare, Innovation and Pricing Tax and budget decisions will shape the healthcare market and drug research and regulation. |
Managed Care December 2006 Martin Sipkoff |
Federally Negotiated Drug Prices Anticipated for Medicare Part D Congress to force the issue of federally negotiated drug prices. This could eventually lead to a government-run drug plan. |
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Who Will Pay for New Drugs? Comparative research documenting value and affordability is key to obtaining coverage for high-cost therapies. |
Managed Care May 2005 |
Implementing Medicare Part D Could Get Ugly This expert who hopes to help everybody adjust, nevertheless expects big headaches come Jan. 1, 2006. However, e-prescribing could make the drug plan work. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
Rebates and Reform User-fee renewal legislation sets the stage for new policies affecting reimbursement, research, and regulatory oversight. |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
Costs, Coverage, and Court Decisions Its election season and drug pricing issues are once again front and center in the policy wars on managing the high cost of healthcare. |
BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 John Carey |
Drug Prices: A New Covenant? The states' growing negotiating clout with Big Pharma raises crucial questions |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
An 'A' for Advancing Expectations As head of both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Mark McClellan has been at the center of public policy affecting the pharmaceutical industry over the last decade. |
Managed Care November 2005 Patrick Mullen |
This Biologics Industry Spokesman Knows That Health Plans Can Only be Won Over by the Financial Argument. Biotech's focus is expanding from products that treat relatively rare diseases to treatments for conditions that affect much larger populations, including various cancers, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and asthma because of health plan costs. |
Managed Care June 2007 Martin Sipkoff |
Rebates for Anti-Anemia Drugs Draw Response From FDA, CMS Overusing erythropoiesis-stimulating agents to collect rebates can be really bad for the patient. Ripping off taxpayers and private payers is another concern. |
Managed Care June 2005 Martin Sipkoff |
MMA Formulary Design Requires Health Plans To Control Costs Despite a mandate to adopt utilization management programs and make patients share costs, health plans are still lining up to participate in Medicare Part D. |
Registered Rep. October 13, 2011 Mark Miller |
Determining Your Elderly Clients' Best-Fit in Medicare Plans You may be able to help senior clients save thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket health care costs by encouraging them to comparison shop for Medicare prescription drug and managed care options during the program's annual fall enrollment season. |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2007 Jill Wechsler |
Washington Report: Shop and Compare Insurers and payers believe that more comparative information on medical treatments will save money and improve care, but such analysis may be costly to pharma. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler |
Outrage Grows Over Drug Pricing Insurers, physicians attack high-cost therapies in anticipation of specialty drug surge. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2010 |
When the Payer IS the Player As Medicare, Medicaid, and the nation's web of private payers gain market power, how can pharma stay ahead of the cost-containment curve? |
Searcher October 2011 Stephanie C. Ardito |
The Medical Digital: Navigating the Medicare Maze Since entitlement programs are the chief governmental programs under fire, I decided to revisit the healthcare bills passed back in March (H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act). |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2011 |
Revisiting Reform Courts, Congress review policies and programs shaping drug costs and access. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
Politics & PDUFA Pharma companies will assess health reform, negotiate user fees and keep an eye on federal prosecutors in the year ahead. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2010 Jill Wechsler |
New Ballgame in Washington Republican gains in Congress create uncertainty for health reform, drug regulation, and biomedical research |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2007 Patrick Clinton |
From the Editor: Meaningless A bill requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate Medicare drug prices directly with pharmaceutical manufacturers has a fatal flaw. |
BusinessWeek October 3, 2005 Howard Gleckman |
Medicare: Decisions, Decisions With drug and HMO plans now in the mix, seniors face a raft of complex choices. |
Managed Care February 2007 Martin Sipkoff |
What's Good for the VHA Is Not So Good for Medicare Fundamental differences in program structure between Medicare and the Veterans Health Administration make drug pricing negotiations problematic. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2011 Jill Wechsler |
Outrage Over Drug Prices Stiff price tags draw scrutiny from Congress and consumers, and raise questions about FDA policies |
Pharmaceutical Executive September 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler |
Pharm Exec Q&A: A Soft Spot for Whistleblowers FDA's most aggressive critic in Washington is Iowa Senator Charles Grassley. In this exclusive interview, he explains where the agency goes wrong and what he would do to fix it. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 Jill Wechsler |
New Year, New Issues Look for action in 2012 on drug access, shortages, innovation, and transparency. The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the looming Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of the Obama health reform legislation. |
Managed Care April 2005 |
Medicare Modernization Act to Increase Public Sector Spending Nearly 50 Percent While the burden on the public sector to supply health care benefits to Medicare and Medicaid enrollees will increase, on the private side, a reevaluation of current forms of health insurance coverage may take place as growth in premiums continues to outpace growth in compensation. |
Managed Care November 2005 Martin Sipkoff |
Confusion Rules the Day As Medicare Part D Begins With a dizzying array of coverage possibilities, there is a strong possibility that some people who would benefit will fail to enroll in any plan. |
Managed Care February 2007 Martin Sipkoff |
As Drug Payment Model Changes, Confusion Grows Among Insurers Purchasers are hopeful that life after "average wholesale price" will be simpler, fairer, and, with luck, easier to grasp. |
Managed Care February 2006 Martin Sipkoff |
Don't Bet That Problems With Part D Are Over Medicare Part D enrollment snags could be just the start of political and regulatory headaches facing health plans and pharmacy benefit managers. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2011 Mason Tenaglia |
Out of Control The pharmaceutical industry needs to use new and better data to accurately measure how much it is willing to invest in avoiding plan control. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Luke Timmerman |
Dendreon Prepares to Take Some Heat Over Cancer Drug Prices Dendreon looking for off-label uses for its prostate cancer drug. |
Managed Care October 2002 |
Though M+C Erosion Slows, Reimbursement Still an Issue The exodus of health plans from Medicare+Choice will moderate somewhat next year, offering hope that the struggling system can make a comeback. |
Managed Care December 2002 |
Drug-discount program's effectiveness hindered by lack of use California offers a prescription drug discount program that allows Medicare beneficiaries to get discounts just by showing their Medicare cards to pharmacists. Unfortunately, a majority of those eligible -- both those with and without drug coverage -- have never heard of the program. |