dhpadmin, Author at DHPA

October 16, 2020

Step Therapy Can Lead to Higher OOP Costs for Crohn’s Disease Patients (Avalere)

Avalere assessed potential implications of step therapy on patients with employer coverage to examine total OOP and payer costs. Step therapy—also known as “fail first”—is a common form of utilization management that health plans use to control costs. Step therapy requires patients to try a preferred drug before gaining access to the drug prescribed by […]
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October 10, 2020

A DEI Reading List for Physicians

Dr. Linda Rae Murray, MPH, professor of Health Policy and Administration at the University of Illinois, Chicago, has created a book list about medicine. For a definitive look at the history of medicine and the Black community she recommends the two volume work by Byrd & Clayton (two African American physicians).
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October 9, 2020

Black Maternal Health Momnibus (H.R. 6142, S. 3424)

In the richest nation on earth, moms are dying at the highest rate in the developed world – and the rate is rising. For as dire as the situation is for all women, the crisis is most severe for Black moms, who are dying at 3 to 4 times the rate of their white counterparts.
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August 20, 2020

Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act (H.R. 8061)

The Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act, introduced by Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), would provide robust funding to develop, scale, and evaluate local initiatives to boost vaccination rates during this pandemic. These investments will be particularly important for building confidence around an eventual COVID-19 vaccine once one has been proven to be safe and effective. Read […]
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August 7, 2020

Broad Physician Coalition Urges Trump Administration to Issue Final Rules to Modernize Stark

The Digestive Health Physician Association and eighteen groups representing physicians who provide care for millions of Americans urged the Trump Administration to issue final rules to modernize the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback statute (AKS) so that physicians can better provide coordinated care, which improves outcomes and lowers costs.
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