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Vendor Notebook: Salesforce extends AI to public health services, DrFirst acquires Myndshft

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a software-as-a-service that focuses on automated prior authorization services for both medical and pharmaceutical benefits. DrFirst to speed up medication approvals Rockville, Maryland-based DrFirst announced that it purchased all assets of the Myndshft Technologies, Inc.

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Many Hospitals Receiving Discounted Drugs May Not Offer Patients Pharmaceutical Assistance

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Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires that pharmaceutical manufacturers give discounts on specified outpatient drugs to certain covered entities who typically serve low-income or otherwise underserved patients, including hospitals and clinics. Explore the research at PHLR.org.

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340B Court Cases

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The Public Health Service Act ( PHSA ) in 1992, created a program to allow hospitals providing care for underserved communities to be able to access discounted drugs. Novartis Pharmaceutics v Espinoza. ” Sanofi-Aventis v US Department of Health and Human Services. While the Novartis v.

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History and Future of the “ISPOR Value Flower”

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The paper begins by comparing the ISPOR value flower against the recommendations from the Second Panel on Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. The ISPOR Value Flower focused almost exclusively on pharmaceuticals whereas the Second Panel considered interventions more generally. Intervention types.

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What Type of Salt Should You Buy? Rethinking 1924 Food Fortification Policy in 2024

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However, while some members of the salt industry were excited by the potential to improve public health through their product, others were not. The Morton Salt Company argued that furnishing iodine to the populus properly belonged to large pharmaceutical companies. The mandatory order was later repealed in 1946.

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State-Level Strategies for Supporting Community-Level Harm Reduction: Case Studies from Georgia, Maryland, Utah, and Vermont

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Maryland’s Approach to Harm Reduction: Implementing a Statewide Strategy Informed by Community Feedback Maryland local health departments work closely with the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) for public health service delivery across the state.

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Medicare moving to reference pricing?

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price for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), DoD, the Public Health Service, and the Coast Guard] U.S. These include: (i) Medicaid best price, (ii) Federal supply schedule (FSS) price, and (iii) Big Four price [i.e.,

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