Effective Jan 1, 2025: Nucynta, Nucynta ER, & Xtampza Dropped from Medicaid Drug Rebate Program
Effective January 1, 2025, Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc., the manufacturer of Nucynta, Nucynta ER, and Xtampza, will terminate its participation in...
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MAG Mutual Insurance Company: 2025 Medical Malpractice Review
MagMutual has kept 95 percent of claims brought against its insured physicians and hospitals from going to trial. Of those...
China’s transition to DRG-based hospital reimbursement
China has been transitioning from a fee-for-service (FFS) payment system to a Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) payment system for hospitals in...
ER never took insurance info – am I screwed?
Yesterday I went to an urgent care for severe abdominal pain, and urgent care told me to go to an...
How will AI change health care in 2025?
To answer this question, I of course asked different AIs what the answer would be....
Newborn insurance thru Mom?
Claim 1: I had my baby in July and her entire hospital bill appears to have been rejected by UHC(purchased...
Some good news: Opioid deaths on the decline…but why?
In the US, opioid abuse has become and epidemic. However, in the past year, there...
Previous insurance still showing active on Sydney app
I notified my employer last month that I would be switching over to my husband’s insurance and effective 1/1/25, that...
Resident of MN, but work seasonal positions year-round in MA. How best to obtain healthcare?
My brother is legally a resident of MN, but lives and works on Nantucket. He has a Minnesota driver’s license...
Top 10 Healthcare Economist posts of 2024
What were the most popular posts on Healthcare Economist this year? Here are the top 10 in descending order: Valuing...
