GTMRx to CMS: MA needs to support team-based, interprofessional care that includes CMM Coalition submits comments to enhance Medicare Advantage Tysons Corner, VA — Sept. 1, 2022: Wednesday, the Get the Medications Right™ (GTMRx) Institute submitted comments urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
Practice Transformation Amazon to shutter Amazon Care Say “goodbye” to Amazon Care. The virtual and in-home health service, initially created for Amazon employees will be gone by the end of 2022. Amazon Care currently has six corporate customers including Hilton,…
Health equity and CMM: You can’t have one without the other By Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, MACP, FRCP, Executive Physician Advisor, GTMRx Institute August 26, 2022 A key element of health equity is appropriate access to a high-quality health care team—a…
GTMRx Adds Former Medical Practice Lead for American College of Physicians to National Physician Advisory Group Dr. Michael Barr Appointed Executive Physician Advisor Tysons Corner, VA — August 23, 2022 — Today, The Get the Medications Right™ (GTMRx) Institute, a…
Practice Transformation To improve population health, invest in primary care Investing in primary care is the key to improving population health and reducing disparities, according to the authors of a Health Affairs Forefront post. ”Strengthening primary care benefits everyone by improving overall…
Practice Transformation Texas NAMI head: End nonmedical switching Health insurers and PBMs are making the current mental health crisis through “nonmedical switching”—moving stable patients from their current medication to one that may not work as well for them, writes Greg Hansch,…
Practice Transformation Safety-net providers worry about loss of 340B discounts Hospitals and clinics that serve low-income patients say drug manufacturers have threatened their financial stability by dramatically cutting back participation in the 340B federal discount program. “They are killing health…
Practice Transformation NYC to offer Paxlovid, bypassing pharmacies New York City plans to start offering Paxlovid at "mobile test-to-treat sites" across the city, bypassing pharmacies; which is the fist of its kind, Bloomberg reports. Currently, people who test positive for COVID-19 and…
Practice Transformation Why mental health carveouts are so bad The current push for primary care physicians to provide mental health care has tremendous support; it could enhance whole-person care and address the shortage of mental health providers. But, as Kaiser Health…
Practice Transformation CVS hiding the generics? A recently unsealed whistleblower suit claims that CVS Health subsidiaries coordinated to prevent members from accessing generic drugs, according to Stat News. The whistleblower, Alexandra Miller, says that when she reported the behavior to a…
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