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- Published On: April 22nd, 2024
“We’ve been fighting the same fights for a long time,” says Miriam J. Atkins, MD, medical oncologist with the AO Multispecialty Clinic in Augusta, Georgia, and president of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA). Speaking at the COA 2024 Community Oncology Conference, Dr. Atkins discussed how the organization’s focus on reducing pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) involvement, as well as addressing 340B drug pricing abuse and vertical integration in oncology, is making a difference.
- Published On: April 22nd, 2024
National health spending totaled $4.5 trillion in 2022—17% of gross domestic product (GDP)—and is projected to grow faster than GDP through 2031, contributing to higher costs for families, employers, states, and the federal government.
- Published On: April 22nd, 2024
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 10 states filed a lawsuit against Cancer Recovery Foundation International, also known as Women’s Cancer Fund, and its operator, Gregory B. Anderson, for allegedly deceiving donors.
- Published On: April 22nd, 2024
When it comes to growth, it seems like hospitals can’t get enough of it.
- Published On: April 22nd, 2024
Hospitals’ fight to boost Medicare Advantage reimbursement has extended to plans' pay for 340B drugs.
- Published On: April 22nd, 2024
April 19 (Reuters) - CVS Health (CVS.N), opens new tab has lost a bid to escape a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the company of discriminating against people with HIV by requiring them to receive their medications by mail.
- Published On: April 19th, 2024
The Community Oncology Alliance (COA) is aligned with keeping patient care in the hands of the community pharmacies and practices, and it is important that these organizations stick together to achieve the best quality of care, says Judith Alberto, MHA, RPh, BCOP, director of clinical initiatives, COA.
- Published On: April 19th, 2024
In the pharmaceutical landscape, the lack of effective, curative therapies, particularly in critical areas such as cancer treatment,1 underscores the urgent need for innovative solutions.
- Published On: April 19th, 2024
Part of President Joe Biden’s election year pitch to Latino voters includes a promise to lower health care costs.
- Published On: April 19th, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the normal course of cancer screening and detection in the US. A nationwide analysis of the extent of this disruption using cancer registry data has not been conducted.