In recent years, the country has procured 374 types of medicines in nine batches, more than halving their prices on average. The national centralized procurement of eight types of high-value medical consumables such as heart stents and artificial joints has reduced the prices by over 80 percent ...
of 72 marketplace insurers’ early rate filings in 13 states and the District of Columbia found that these insurers were seeking higher premium increases (median increase is 10 percent) than in recent years, largely due to rising prices paid to hospitals, doctor...
Every year for the past 10 years, the difference between the winners and losers in the healthcare sector has been more than 300%. In biotech, the divergence has been even more extreme. The healthcare sector, more than any other, lends itself to active management. Owning the ri...
Healthcare costs have risen dramatically in the United States over the past several decades. According to the Commonwealth Fund, healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP rose from 8.2% in 1980 to 17.8% in 2021.2 Americans are not getting better outcomes for their money compared to their peers...
Over the past decade, the cost of electronic health record software and services has skyrocketed, far outpacing inflation and becoming untethered from real value. It’s understandable how this began, as the ARRA and HITECH Act infused cash into the market along with strong incentives to adopt th...
Roughly half a dozen gene therapies have been approved in the United States over the past year, most costing over $1 million. Gene therapy treatment of just one employee could significantly raise costs for a company, consultants said. Employers will increasingly use artificial...
Over the past two years, more than 1.1 million sets of artificial joints were procured at negotiated prices, accounting for more than 90 percent of all artificial joints used during the period, saving over 32.89 billion yuan. "These (figures) have met our expectations of VBP for artificial joi...
After the fifteenth consecutive increasing year, the real healthcare-related spending is estimated to reach 11.7 billion U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the real total consumer spending on healthcare of was continuously increasing over the past years.Consumer spending, ...
I’m facing multiple surgeries this year, and frankly I’ve been horrified by the deterioration in professionalism and competence that I’ve observed in the past couple of months, compared to what it was even five years ago. The bureaucracy and administrative orientation (rather than patient and...
The lawsuit, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota Western Division. Read the full story Top 10 Most Left-Wing Positions Vice President Kamala Harris has Held over the Years ...