Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a bill barring pharmacy benefit managers from also owning pharmacies, According to Sanders, PBMs take advantage of this lax environment to inflate drug prices and cut off access to critical medications.
Immunization Information Systems, or immunization registries, are located in every state and in many large cities to collect individuals’ vaccine records to consolidate them in one location, says Rebecca Coyle, executive director of the American Immunization Registry Association.
Technology, governance and going outside the typical channels to democratize data, is necessary to unleash more than the 5-10% of data that is accessed today, says Bruno Lempernesse, MDClone’s president.
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has advanced legislation that would seek to bar pharmacy benefit managers from also owning pharmacies, claiming that PBMs are taking advantage of lax regulations. According to Sanders, PBMs take advantage of this lax environment to inflate drug prices and cut off access to critical medications.
Despite elevated medical costs, Elevance Health managed to perform more or less in line with expectations in the first quarter, bringing in $2.2 billion in profit, a slight decrease from the $2.25 billion in profit reported in Q1 2024. Revenue was up year-over-year, hitting $48.9 billion in Q1, a 15% jump as compared to $42.6 […]
Called “Advancing AI Driven Digital Health Transformation in the Middle East,” the event is designed to highlight the momentum in the region that’s becoming a test bed for scalable, responsible AI solutions, says Dr. Tamara Sunbul, chair of HIMSS Middle East Community and a digital health transformation and innovation strategic advisor.
Prospect Medical Holdings has filed a motion to close Crozer Health and all of the outpatient facilities licensed with the Pennsylvania hospital system, according to a bankruptcy update from Delaware County Pennsylvania.
Swift action was needed after the attack to ensure hospitals got paid and now providers are rethinking their strategy for a more diversified approach, says Karly Rowe, interim president of Inovalon’s provider business unit.
The American Nurses Association has expressed concerns over a leaked draft of the Trump administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026, saying cuts to federal nursing research and workforce development would hamper the national healthcare system’s ability to improve and adapt to emerging evidence.
Ensure that the data is relevant and timely and make sure the insights reach people at the right time, says Anika Gardenhire, RN, chief digital and transformation officer at Ardent Health.