Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ Impact on Patient Access
With the cost of health care increasing in recent decades, pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, have become an increasingly prominent player in the lives of Americans and their clinicians.
Overburdened by Alzheimer’s: The Need for Care, Innovation and Access
Affecting 6 million Americans, Alzheimer’s disease permanently alters families and communities across the United States. For patients and their loved ones, the most frightening aspect of an Alzheimer’s diagnosis may not be the eventual fatal outcome. It’s the mental and physical deterioration that is, in many cases, prolonged over the course of years.
Left Out: How Health Plan Exclusion Lists Undermine Migraine Treatment
Headache and migraine patients’ choice of treatment options is narrowing as health plans exclude coverage for more medications and devices.
Treatment for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Daily life can be difficult for people with Parkinson’s, a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects both movement and cognition.
Selecting Insurance Plans for Your Organization: 5 Strategies to Support Employee Health
Healthy employees make for a healthy organization. As you explore health insurance options for your employees, consider these five tips.
Biologics & Biosimilars in Rheumatology
Biologic drugs, including biosimilars, are increasing the number of effective treatments for rheumatic diseases. Biologics are derived from living organisms, such as microorganisms or human tissue. And the number of these drugs available to patients has increased exponentially in recent decades. Today, biologics are used to treat a range of conditions, including chronic illnesses such […]
Biomarker Testing: Allowing Individualized Treatment for Cancer Patients
Biomarkers are predictive markers in genetic material that can indicate which medications might work for a given patient. For cancer patients, biomarker testing is an important first step toward tailored treatment.
Mental Health Care & Non-Medical Switching
Non-medical switching is a complicated obstacle for mental health care providers and their patients to overcome.
Genetic Testing & Counseling for Rare Hereditary Diseases
Genetic testing and counseling are useful tools for patients with rare diseases. Sophisticated genetic tests available in clinical settings now offer health care providers a closer look into patients’ genes. The information there may allow them to diagnose a hereditary condition, assess a patient’s risk for a particular disease or determine whether a certain drug […]
Biosimilars: Expanding Options for Cancer Care
Biosimilars are increasing the number of safe, effective treatments for cancer.
