New NHE data: Medicine prices declined, and hospitals were biggest driver of health care spending in 2018
By Holly Campbell | December 6, 2019
According to new data from the National Health Expenditures (NHE), retail medicine prices declined by 1% and retail medicine spending grew just 2.5% in 2018. To put that in context, hospital...
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Guest post: Sharing discounts and rebates is the right thing to do
By Guest Contributor | October 21, 2019
Conversations and healthy debate about issues facing our industry and the health care system are critical to addressing some of today’s challenges and opportunities. The Catalyst welcomes guest...
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Survey shows out-of-pocket costs top health care concern for voters
By Holly Campbell | October 2, 2019
A recent national survey of 800 registered voters conducted by Public Opinion Strategies shows that health insurance premiums, deductibles and copays are the top health care concerns for...
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Four reasons why the radical Pelosi Plan is the wrong approach
By Tom Wilbur | September 24, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently unveiled a radical plan that would restrict and fundamentally change how patients access medicines in the United States. It would threaten our country’s...
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Hospitals make 9 times more than physicians’ offices on provider-administered medicines
By Katie Koziara | September 10, 2019
A new study, conducted by the Partnership for Health Analytic Research (PHAR), found that hospitals retained 91% of the total profit on physician-administered medicines in the commercial market...
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Three things to know about the Part D GAO report
By Nicole Longo | August 16, 2019
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a new report looking at Medicare Part D and the role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in the program. While the report provides a...
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Four states adopt first-in-the-nation laws to protect patients from surprise insurer practices
By Nick McGee | July 15, 2019
West Virginia, Virginia, Arizona and Illinois recently became the first states in America to adopt patient-centered legislation to bring relief and more predictability to patients facing high...
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The Department of Health and Human Services recently proposed a rule that would encourage using discounts negotiated between biopharmaceutical manufacturers and Part D plans to reduce patients’...
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Ask About Adherence: OIG proposed rule to reform the rebate system could improve adherence
By Guest Contributor | May 15, 2019
Ask About Adherence is a blog series featuring Q&A’s with experts and new medication adherence resources. In this post, we are pleased to share a blog post from Leah L. Zullig, PhD.
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Six policy solutions to help patients afford their insulin
By Holly Campbell | April 9, 2019
Updated on 08/12/2019 Dramatic improvements in how we treat diabetes have transformed the lives of patients, but too many struggle to afford their insulin and other medicines at the pharmacy...
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