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Nearly 1 in 3 Retail Pharmacies Have Closed Since 2010, Widening Health Disparities
The risk of closure was higher in predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods, and independent pharmacies were more than twice as likely to face closure.
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Medicare Advantage Costs Taxpayers 22% More Per Enrollee. Here’s How Payment Reform Could Help Close The Gap.
The overpayment of plans, amounting to $83 billion per year, is unsustainable. The Medicare Advantage payment system needs a broad reform that aligns insurers’ incentives with the needs of beneficiaries and taxpayers.
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Most Medicare Beneficiaries Do Not Compare Prescription Drug Plans – And May Be Sticking with Bad Plans
Over half of Medicare beneficiaries in stand-alone Part D plans kept their coverage without comparing plans during the last enrollment period, and many reported not knowing how to switch plans.
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Podcast: Schaeffer Scholar Discusses the Side Effects of Legal Cannabis
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, a leading expert on cannabis policy, discusses the public health and social equity impacts of rapidly changing marijuana laws on the PricePod.
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Out-of-Pocket Costs Are Substantially Lower in Medicare Advantage Than Traditional Medicare
Expected monthly out-of-pocket costs for a typical enrollee were about 18-24% lower in Medicare Advantage in recent years, which likely helped fuel the program’s enrollment surge.
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Opinion: I’m a Doctor in East L.A. and Beverly Hills. I Want to Treat Obesity the Same Way in Both Places
Use of newer anti-obesity medications in any part of town can provide true benefit even if lifestyle changes are harder to implement.
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Lessons Learned from a Healthcare Cybersecurity Attack
USC Price School professor – working with two students – identifies ways to improve cybersecurity of the U.S. healthcare system Earlier this year, a little-known but critical component of the U.S. healthcare system ground to a halt after suffering a cyberattack by a shadowy, transnational organized crime organization called ALPHV/Blackcat. The attack on Change Healthcare, which […]
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USC Schaeffer Researcher Named a STAT 2024 Wunderkind
The annual honors for early-career researchers recognized Erin L. Duffy as a leading expert on key healthcare affordability issues.
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Padula to Receive ISPOR Research Methodology Award
William V. Padula has earned the 2024 ISPOR Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Methodology. The prize recognizes his use of machine learning to develop an algorithm for better predicting the risk of hospital-acquired pressure injuries—otherwise known as bedsores. Nearly 60,000 deaths from bedsores occur every year in the U.S. alone, and the condition […]
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Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage: The Choices Can Be Overwhelming
Nearly 70 million Medicare-eligible Americans have complicated coverage decisions during open enrollment, and they often face biased sales pitches or may lack access to impartial help.
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