Tag: Health Costs
Many Medicare Beneficiaries Do Not Fill High-Price Prescriptions
Among beneficiaries without low-income subsidy, noninitiation reported in 30 percent of those with new prescriptions for anticancer drugs
Most Cancer Centers Do Not Disclose Payer-Specific Prices
Median drug price markups across centers ranged from 120 to 630 percent
Clinical, Economic Impact of Nonfatal Firearm Injuries Explored
Increases in substance use disorders, psychiatric disorders, pain diagnoses, health care use and spending seen in survivors
Commercial-to-Medicare Hospital Price Ratios Stable 2012 to 2019
Trends in ratios varied considerably across hospital referral regions
Health, Economic Impact of COVID-19 Set to Lessen in Coming Years
Health care use projected to normalize after decline in 2020; remaining federal supplemental spending expected to decrease through 2024
VNS May Cut Hospital Costs for Children With Refractory Epilepsy
Antiseizure medication plus vagus nerve stimulation linked to lower hospital costs over time compared with antiseizure medication alone
House Passes Bill To Limit Insulin Costs to $35 a Month
Bill now has to pass the Senate with at least 10 Republican votes
Half of Hospitals Compliant With MRI Price Transparency Mandate
Findings seen among hospitals offering lumbar spine MRI; compliance higher for hospitals with higher patient recommendation ratings
Excess Health Care Spending Up for PCP Turnover in the U.S.
Primary care physician-related burnout accounts for about $260 million of estimated $979 million in excess health care expenditures per year
Few Older Adults Knowledgeable About Aducanumab for Alzheimer Disease
Less than one-quarter of older adults report they would want to take it
