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AJMC Names Erin Trish as the 2018 Recipient of the Seema S. Sonnad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research Award
The award recognizes an individual whose early achievements in managed care demonstrate the potential for making an exceptional long-term contribution in the field.
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White House Signs Bills Banning Gag Clauses, Schaeffer Center Research Pivotal in Discussion
Schaeffer Center report found 23 percent of private claims analyzed involved a copayment that exceeded the insurer’s cost of the drug.
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CMS Administrator Seema Verma Discusses Prescription for Sustaining US Healthcare System at Schaeffer Initiative Event
CMS Administrator spoke at a USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative event in Washington, D.C., to discuss modernizing Medicare and how to protect patients from overpaying for prescription drugs.
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Sood Contributes to National Academies’ Report, Finding up to 8 Million Die from Poor Quality Healthcare in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Sood served as the expert health economist for the Committee on Improving the Quality of Health Care Globally.
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Informing Clinicians of a Patient’s Fatal Overdose Changes Their Prescribing Behavior
When a clinician is given information about a patient’s fatal overdose caused by prescription opioids, they decrease their opioid prescribing.
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PhD Student Presents Research at National Institutes of Health
Laura Henkhaus, PhD candidate in health economics at the USC School of Pharmacy, presented “Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adult Human Capital” during the Add Health Users Conference on the campus of National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Who Wins When a Prescription Copay Exceeds the Drug Price? (Not the Patient)
Use an interactive graph to see how frequently a co-payment exceeds the price of commonly prescribed drugs and the average size of the overpayment.
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ISPOR Honors Rebecca Myerson with Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research
The ISPOR Health Economics and Outcomes Research Application Award recognizes outstanding practical application of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research in healthcare decision making.
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USC Recruits Diverse Participants for Landmark $1.5 Billion Precision Medicine Research Initiative
Nationwide big data project seeks to accelerate research and improve health for a diverse population, not just majority groups.
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Global Aging and Inequality: USC Schaeffer Center Partners with the OECD and the University of Rome Tor Vergata
Policymakers and researchers will discuss global aging and inequality at a conference in Paris at the OECD.
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