Supply Chain
Severe volume disruption to operations appears to be waning, but expense pressures are still elevated and pronounced.
HIMSS22
Anne Snowdon, HIMSS chief scientific research officer, reviews the effects of the pandemic on the healthcare supply chain and the lessons in agility that providers gained.
Beyond the pandemic, "Over the past several decades, supply chain disruptions have repeatedly plagued the U.S. healthcare system," report says.
The expectation is that customers will be able to minimize the risk of missing rebate program revenue targets and receive rebate funds more quickly.
Independent physician groups, which include telehealth docs, must now accept a rate that someone else has negotiated, expert says.
Premiums covered the $56,000 yearly cost of the Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm, but that price has been slashed by 50%.
The agency says it considers itself well-positioned to address the potential impact of the Omicron and other variants.
HIMSS21
Andrew Sorenson of at Castell Health, says value-based care concerns logistics - including supply chains - as much as it does science.
Supply chain disruptions and shortages have driven up prices and forced a return to the costs of carrying larger inventories.
Drug prices are a major topic of conversation these days as the Biden ...