March 2, 2017
New pain treatment guidelines underscore a now familiar disconnect: the gap between what patients need and what their health plans will pay for.
February 28, 2017
Rare Disease Day brings international attention to the plight of patients who struggle with ALS, Gaucher disease, cystic fibrosis and other less common conditions. This year’s theme is research, a challenge for any disease state but especially for conditions with small patient populations.
February 23, 2017
As Congress continues to debate the future of the Affordable Care Act, a new advocacy group has a message for key legislators: protect cystic fibrosis patients as you reshape health care policy.
February 21, 2017
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s newest cost-effectiveness report underscores just how far economic modeling sometimes diverges from patients’ reality, explained the Institute for Patient Access in a February 17 letter. The report analyzes rheumatoid arthritis treatments’ value by modeling expenses for simulated patients over a lifetime on certain treatments.
February 17, 2017
Access to medication has become an all-too-common challenge for patients with one of the country’s most common diseases: diabetes.
February 9, 2017
New data on PCSK9 inhibitors is in – and it may bolster patients’ demands for the breakthrough cholesterol drugs in the face of health plan coverage barriers.
February 7, 2017
Chronic migraine is seldom a lone condition, explains a new white paper from the Headache & Migraine Policy Forum.
February 7, 2017
More patients are living longer with cancer – and that’s good news. But some face policies, health care providers and workplaces that are unprepared to support survivors. So explained a February webinar, “Global Cancer Survivorship: The Need for Integrative Care,” sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
February 2, 2017
The American Medical Association and 16 patient, physician, hospital and pharmacy groups have issued a resounding message to health plans: it’s time to reform prior authorizations. In a new principles document, the group calls for data-driven policies that don’t disrupt patient care or unduly burden physicians and their staff.
January 31, 2017
Eating fish offers pregnant women nutritional benefits for both themselves and their developing babies. But, looking at newly published advice from the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, you might miss that fact.
