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CMS Incentivizes Payor Health Disparity Performance https://www.specialtypharmacycontinuum.com/Policy/Article/06-24/CMS-Incentivizes-Payor-Health-Disparity-Performance/74138 Medicare Advantage and other health plans are starting to pay more attention to medication adherence, social determinants or drivers of health (SDOH), and where they can intervene in health disparities—not only because it’s the right thing to do but because it will soon affect their bottom line, speakers […]

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Supreme Court guts agency power in seismic Chevron ruling https://www.axios.com/2024/06/28/supreme-court-chevron-doctrine-ruling The Supreme Court on Friday curtailed the executive branch’s ability to interpret laws it’s charged with implementing, giving the judiciary more say in what federal agencies can do. Why it matters: The landmark 6-3 ruling along ideological lines overturns the court’s 40-year-old “Chevron deference” doctrine. […]

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I made this blog post a couple of days ago and today got around to watching the video that I shared in the blog post. The 10 minute video is made by a non-profit that seems opposed to these guidelines. UPDATED:Proposed tapering guideline by American Society of Addiction Medicine some well-thought-out suggestions in commenting, like […]

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https://downloads.asam.org/sitefinity-production-blobs/docs/default-source/guidelines/bzd-cpg-narrative-draft-for-public-comment.pdf?sfvrsn=6d96408_1 Above is the link that shows in the graphic – may have to click on the graphic a couple of times to get it to resize properly Link to make comment https://bit.ly/BZDCPG I went back and did a few word searches.  I really didn’t feel like reading 146 pages. The words I searched for […]

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Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of rare form of blindness https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/health/ozempic-wegovy-blindness-rare-risk/index.html People who take Ozempic or Wegovy may have a higher risk of developing a rare form of blindness, a new study suggests. Still, doctors say it shouldn’t deter patients from using the medicines to treat diabetes or obesity. Last […]

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Pain Doesn’t Belong on a Scale of Zero to 10 https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/110926 The real answer is long, complicated, and not measurable in this one-dimensional way Over the past 2 years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I trained […]

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