APG Chief Medical Officer Appointed to GTMRx Board Tysons Corner, VA — February 28, 2023 — The GTMRx Board of Directors voted earlier this month to approve the appointment of Susan M. Huang, MD, MS, to the GTMRx board. As Chief…
Practice Transformation February full of deals Last week, UnitedHealth Group closed its $5.4 billion acquisition of the home health and hospice provider LHC Group. LHC will be folded into Optum supporting UnitedHealth’s plan to make Optum the entry point for…
Do you trust your Drug Information Source? By Dominick Albano, Pharm.D., MBA and Jennifer Riggins, Pharm.D., FDIA I think we can all agree that pharmacists play a critical role in the safe and effective use of medications. From interacting and…
Practice Transformation Look out, drug chains: Mark Cuban has only just begun Mark Cuban wants to lower drug prices even further and expand his online pharmacy's customer base. These plans could pose a major threat to CVS and Walgreens, TheStreet reports. And…
GTMRx Shares New Report on Value of Implementing and Integrating Comprehensive Medication Management in Team-Based Care Organization of Key Health Care Stakeholders Releases Third Annual Evidence Document, 11th Guidance Document for 2022 Tysons Corner, VA — December 15, 2022 — Today, The…
Practice Transformation MyChart message fees passed on to patient? Cleveland Clinic began billing for certain Epic MyChart messages in November; now, at least seven other health systems have followed suit. But, as Becker’s Hospital Review reports, what remains uncertain is how long…
Practice Transformation Americans give health care cost and equity low scores A plurality of Americans gives the U.S. health care system overall a poor or failing grade, and most rank affordability and equity the same way, according to the West Health-Gallup…
Practice Transformation Ads: direct consumer to prescriber It’s not only patients and providers who benefit from online prescribing; so do a growing number of drug companies. They connect people scrolling their sites with a virtual prescriber. This “powerful mashup” of…
Practice Transformation AMA to take on senior polypharmacy Following up on recommendations from the AMA Senior Physicians Section, AMA delegates recently adopted “Reducing Polypharmacy as a Significant Contributor to Senior Morbidity.” It directs the AMA to work with appropriate stakeholders such…
From the desk of James Gelfand, JD, President, ERIC (ERISA Industry Committee), GTMRx Advocacy Partner October 14, 2022 After a short September of work in Congress, House and Senate members are once again back at home, campaigning in advance of the…
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