Monday update – healthcare costs, guidelines, what docs want, and market consolidation

Here’s what happened last week… People who enroll in exchange programs in red states pay 3.2 percent more for their health insurance than folks in purple or blue states.  Research indicates it is because fewer folks in red states sign … Continue reading Monday update – healthcare costs, guidelines, what docs want, and market consolidation

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Compounds – the stench of corruption

There’s a bill in the US House of Representatives that would greatly expand compounding, drastically reduce the FDA’s ability to oversee compounding, and eliminate many of the desperately-needed controls on this occasionally-deadly and often-abused practice. Why anyone thinks this is … Continue reading Compounds – the stench of corruption

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There’s no BIG problem in work comp pharmacy – and that’s scary.

In the fourteen years I’ve been surveying work comp payers on their views on pharmacy, I’ve never seen so little consensus among respondents on emerging issues. In past years compounds, physician dispensing, opioids, price inflation, and new drug introductions have … Continue reading There’s no BIG problem in work comp pharmacy – and that’s scary.

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