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Here’s How We Get Private Insurers to Buy In on Value-Based Care

Value-based care is seen as healthcare’s next evolution, prioritizing whole-health outcomes over the usual volume of symptom treatments. This approach has profound implications for cost management, patient satisfaction, and overall healthcare quality. However, transitioning from traditional fee-for-service models to value-based care faces challenges, particularly regarding payer motivation and long-term investment. The growing attention around “food as medicine” is part of this, and pharmacists have an opportunity to contribute.
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Congress vs. PBMs: Thank You, Representative Comer, For Telling It Like It Is

Because of the efforts of NACDS RxIMPACT I was able to watch the July 23 Congressional Hearing on the Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Prescription Drug Markets. What I took away was informative and encouraging on three fronts; the first, our country is engaging on the need to improve the way healthcare operates. Second, acknowledgement that we need to focus on improving health, not treating sickness in the United States. And third, it gave me hope that needed legislative action may be coming.
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Revolutionizing Crash Cart Management: A Call For Innovation

In a 2022 report, the Joint Commission revealed a concerning trend: missing and expired items on crash or code carts ranked among the top 5 clinical problems found by surveyors. Shockingly, this isn’t a new issue. The Joint Commission highlighted similar concerns back in 2017, indicating that incomplete or improperly supplied emergency carts continue to pose significant risks to patient safety. Despite years of awareness, little progress has been made in addressing this critical issue.

Inmar Intelligence Expands Digital Incentive Network into Convenience Stores through Partnership with Axonet

Inmar Intelligence, a leading data and technology company, today announced the expansion of its digital incentive network into the convenience store channel through its partnership with Axonet, enabling brands to provide savings directly to the convenience store shopper and enabling convenience store retailers access to a network of digital offers.