health care costs Archives

health care costs

Eliminating copayments improves medication adherence

November 11, 2010

When Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina eliminated generic medication copayments and reduced copayments for brand-name medications, adherence to medications for diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and heart failure…

Healthy and wise

May 11, 2012

A coalition of medical societies has joined together to put the brakes on healthcare overuse and excesses.

Medication adherence pays prompts lower healthcare costs

December 11, 2010

A study in Health Affairs found that the increased pharmacy costs associated by medication adherence was offset by a substantial savings in healthcare costs because of reductions in…

Secrets, lies, and cover-ups

August 30, 2017

The impact of the new healthcare bill can’t be hidden forever. By Leah Curtin, RN, ScD(h), FAAN As Newton observed, for every action in nature there’s an equal…

Study: Healthcare spending expected to grow 6.2% in 2014

October 11, 2013

According to projections published by Health Affairs, healthcare spending is expected to grow by 6.1% in 2014, and by 2022, healthcare spending financed by the federal, state, and…