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• Employers to encourage generics
• Brand-name drug prices soar
• Primary care doctor shortage
• $119 million in public health awards
Key Topic Updates

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April 15 , 2010
Employers to encourage medication management
By Jamie J. Gooch
Survey results show that the majority of employer clients are strongly considering adopting some of the more progressive strategies to encourage the use of lower-cost generic medications. More...
AARP research says brand-name drug prices far outpace inflation
By Jamie J. Gooch
AARP’s Public Policy Institute finds that average manufacturer price increases for brand-name and specialty prescription drugs widely used by Medicare beneficiaries continued to outstrip the price increases for other consumer goods and services. More...
Report shows shortage of primary care doctors
By Jamie J. Gooch
With more people gaining access to affordable coverage and an increasing elderly population, America will need more general internists and other primary care doctors than the primary care physician supply, according to the American College of Physicians (ACP). More...
More than $119 million awarded to support public health efforts
By Jamie J. Gooch
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded more than $119 million to states and U.S. territories to support public health efforts to reduce obesity, increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and decrease smoking. More...
Key Topic Updates
Health/DM
Gender-specific clinical trials needed to address CVD in women
Brief interventions reduce alcohol abuse and its effects
Thought Leadership
Nimble payment models
Locking down privacy
Pharmacy
Savings from biosimilars won't compare to today's generics
Plans tread lightly when sharing utilization criteria online
Technology
If you aren't working on ICD-10 now, you're already behind schedule
Health IT data-sharing standards have implications for payers

 
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