Thought leadership on the use of innovation to solve health care access, quality, and funding issues.
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BrandsPlus Rx helps bridge potential coverage gaps by focusing, in part, on more costly brand-name and specialty drugs for which there is no equally effective generic equivalent, and which may be out of reach financially for some employees.
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“Gaps in care”, are more likely to occur when health and pharmacy benefits are provided by different companies.
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The majority of employers surveyed (94 percent) said they will seek opportunities to improve savings even more in 2010, while they look for ways to improve the overall member experience.
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This is an important finding for the 30 million people world-wide who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes every year.
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American patients often get access to new and better medicines well ahead of patients around the world, and this homegrown innovation not only saves lives, it helps the American economy…
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The Refill and Save Program is reportedly available to most of UnitedHealthcare�s fully insured commercial health plan participants and is said to be the first of its kind.
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HealthVault was designed to allow people to engage in and take more control over their health, in partnership with their physicians.
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After taking a self-assessment to help individuals determine their own barriers to taking their medications, customers can then sign up for daily reminders through a variety of ways, including cell phone text messages, voicemails or emails.
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“Americans don’t want taxpayer funding for abortions and are opposed to a first-ever, mandatory abortion tax. Knowing this, the bill’s proponents have rushed it through the Senate at a time when Americans are focused on celebrating Christmas with their families.”
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However, pharmacy directors from regional health plans indicate they will shift a smaller percentage of patients to the coinsurance model, but will keep the greatest percentage of beneficiaries on copayment-only plans.
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