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AUGUST 27, 2024

1, 2025 — to cease new and renewal commissions for [Medicare Part D plans] beginning with the 2025 plan year,” Centene’s WellCare subsidiary said last Friday in an email sent to brokers, which was obtained by STAT. “We have made a difficult decision — effective Jan.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

Thresholds for the monthly Pharmacy First payments have been lowered until March 2025, it has been announced. He was speaking at this […] The post Pharmacy First monthly thresholds reduced until March 2025 appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

Here’s a list of conferences to watch in 2025. Medical meetings often feature important clinical trial results, making them barometers of biotech and pharma companies' research progress.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Some of the companies say they designed their 2025 plans with an eye toward ditching members.  When insurers release their 2025 plan offerings on Oct. For years, health insurers battled to gain market share in the lucrative privatized Medicare program. Now, the opposite is true. 1, there likely will be fewer choices and freebies. 

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

The eligible patient cohorts for vaccination under the spring 2025 Covid-19 programme have been confirmed, following recommendations from government advisors.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Instead, the USDA will enforce a limit on added sugars in flavored milk starting in the fall of 2025. The Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that it has abandoned a previous proposal to restrict the sale of flavored milk in elementary and middle schools. Read the rest…

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Scientific experts tasked with advising federal officials drafting the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans said the data were far too limited to draw conclusions. If you were hoping to see where ultra-processed foods might fit in the next Dietary Guidelines for Americans, hold that thought.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

The company anticipates reducing Roctavian-related expenses to $60 million per year by 2025 and for the treatment to become profitable by the end of 2025. Under the new marketing plan, BioMarin will sell Roctavian in the U.S., Germany, and Italy, where it is currently approved and reimbursed.

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

NABP recently released information on what to expect for those taking the NAPLEX exam on or after May 1st, 2025. There are some significant changes to the content outline and I outline those changes in the Youtube […] The post NAPLEX Changes in 2025: What Pharmacists Need to Know appeared first on Med Ed 101.

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JUNE 4, 2024

We’ll resume for ASCO 2025.  You’re reading the web edition of ASCO in 30 Seconds, STAT’s guide to the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting.   Well, dear readers. Our ASCO reporting, including this newsletter, has come to the end. Read below for takeaway thoughts from Matt, Adam, and Angus.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration on vaccine-related issues voted unanimously on Tuesday to recommend that the FDA approve trivalent flu vaccines for the 2024-2025 season, instead of the quadrivalent, or four-in-one, shots that have been the industry standard for the past decade or so. Read the rest…

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

The experts charged with advising federal health officials on the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans had to scale a mountain of research challenges like this basic impediment, starting with the impossibility of randomly assigning people to eat only x or y for 30 to 40 years. People eat foods, not nutrients.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

With a little more certainty coming to the market, the R&D environment in 2025 will be about pipeline prioritization and accelerating M&A.

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

UnitedHealth Group is suing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, asking a judge to halt the federal agency from lowering the insurance company’s 2025 Medicare Advantage quality ratings.

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MAY 14, 2024

CVS Health is preparing to make significant changes to its 2025 Medicare Advantage plans, which could potentially drive away 10% of its membership, the company’s chief financial officer said at an investment banking conference Tuesday.

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JULY 3, 2024

CPHI Europe, reportedly, the world’s largest pharmaceutical event, will return to Messe Frankfurt from October 28-30, 2025. CPHI events highlight industry trends, with analysts predicting growth in 2025. The 2025 event will include an expanded BioProduction Zone and increased demand for diverse supply chain partners.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

In 2023, Kentucky became the most recent state to pass a law prohibiting the denial of organ transplantation to patients solely because of their marijuana use. The legislation is scheduled to go into effect Jan. Over the past 11 years, similar measures have been enacted in 21 other states.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

On Thursday, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission reviewed Medicare performance data and concluded that despite doctors’ protests that their pay hasn’t kept up with inflation over the last 20 years, doctors shouldn’t get more than a minor raise for 2025. It also recommended hospitals should get a 1.5%

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Cognito is currently undertaking a large study of the treatment and CEO Brent Vaughan told STAT he expects the company to complete the trial and submit data to the Food and Drug Administration for review by the end of 2025. While under treatment, patients use the device for one hour per day in their homes.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That is because many disabled people will no longer be counted as disabled by the new questions the Census is proposing to use starting in 2025 with the annual American Community Survey (ACS). Census Bureau moves forward with changes to disability data collection methods.

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JUNE 14, 2024

The government also is reopening the process for Medicare Advantage insurers to submit their 2025 plans to account for these changes. While many companies will regain lost bonuses, no insurers will have to forfeit money from the new calculations, government officials said.

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JULY 11, 2024

In what could prove to be a lifeline for a new crop of health tech startups, Medicare regulators proposed new codes that support payment for digital mental health treatments, like apps that deliver cognitive behavioral therapy.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

As envisioned, the agency will negotiate pricing and rebates with the drug manufacturers — Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Bluebird Bio — over the next several months on behalf of an undetermined number of states that, starting in January 2025, will have the option to participate in the program.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Further, the Health Resources and Services Administration estimates that by 2025, there will be a shortage of more than 250,000 mental health professionals, including psychiatrists. Nearly 334,000  health care professionals left the workforce in 2021. Read the rest…

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

1, 2025, Amazon employees will no longer have access to Progyny’s services. Amazon is terminating its contract with Progyny, a company that sells fertility benefits such as in vitro fertilization and egg freezing to employers, according to a source familiar with the matter. Starting Jan.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

This transition has significant implications for the life sciences real estate market in India, presenting a dynamic blend of opportunities and challenges for 2025 and beyond. The year 2025 holds immense promise, with India poised to strengthen its position as a hub for pioneering advancements in life sciences.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Starting in 2025, electronic health record vendors who develop or supply these tools, which increasingly use a type of AI known as machine learning, will be required to disclose more technical information to clinical users about their performance and testing, as well as the steps taken to manage potential risks.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The company will scrap Medicare Advantage plans in 2025 that currently cover about 560,000 members. Susan Diamond, Humana’s chief financial officer, detailed the company’s plans Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference after first hinting at them during Humana’s second quarter earnings call in July.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Freespira CEO Joe Perekupka told STAT the company believes it will break even by the end of 2025 and will become cash flow positive in 2026. Perekupka said Freespira hopes to enroll 2,500 people in its treatment this year — twice last year’s sales — and to double its patients again in 2025 and 2026.

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MAY 10, 2024

The issue of alcohol — and how much of it Americans should consume — is up for debate again as the dietary guidelines undergo updates and revisions, due in 2025.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In connection with the move away from prescription sales, Akili will reduce its workforce by 40%, which the company projects will extend its runway into the second half of 2025.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Payments for Pharmacy First, the expanded Pharmacy Contraception Service and the re-launched blood pressure check service will be ‘bundled’ together by March 2025, meaning pharmacies will have to provide all three to be eligible for funding.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has this week sent letters to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) and the Review […] The post Review bodies asked to make earlier decision on NHS and GP pay for 2025/26 appeared first on The Pharmacist.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

GEP Outlook 2025 priyanka.katke… Thu, 11/14/2024 - 14:45 Drive Procurement and Supply Chain Success in 2025 For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. Geopolitical tensions. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it.

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JUNE 17, 2024

Instead, CalPERS signed a five-year contract with Blue Shield of California , starting in 2025. The group, known as CalPERS, is ditching Elevance Health for its preferred provider organization health plans, also known as PPOs. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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JULY 10, 2024

billion in 2025, to a total of $88.2 This document is where the government has in the past rolled out changes to the so-called hospital price transparency rule, but the Biden administration did not address the issue in this edition. The rule will increase spending in hospital outpatient departments by an estimated $5.2

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

What to make of the 2025 Medicare enrollment season In four weeks, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to sign up for 2025 coverage. You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of money in medicine.    Sign up  to get it in your inbox every Monday.

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