Healthcare Agency Roundtable 2013

Healthcare Agency Roundtable 2013

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This increased “skin in the game” means that patients are beginning to shop for medical treatments in much the same way that they shop for other important “big purchase” items and cost has become the dominant concern. … These include essential health …
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In-Home Prenatal Visits Cut ED Visits

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In their analysis, Dodge and colleagues report that the Durham Connects program was successfully scaled and implemented, as it reduced hospital use, healthcare costs, and bolstered infant health. But, Durham county is a smaller community of 239,358 …
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New Medicines Emerge, but Few Blockbusters

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But there is a problem: selling the new drugs. … The sales and marketing management consultant to drug makers analyzed about 500 drug launches. … Pfizer had hoped that two pills approved late last year—Eliquis to prevent strokes and Xeljanz to …
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The rising problems of PEPs

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"The FATF recognises the cost and practical complexities for a bank in monitoring PEPs, but it is also clear that an institution is at considerable risk if the system fails and corrupt money enters an account," Carlson says. Key rules for the scrutiny …
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