Cost Saving
More cancer survivors using medical equipment, cost-sharing ‘far’ outweighs other services
Utilization of medical equipment among cancer survivors in the U.S. has more than doubled since the late 1990s, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.
National Diabetes Prevention Program enrollment may save on medical costs
Enrollment in the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program may provide direct medical cost savings for adults with prediabetes, according to analyses published in Diabetes Care.
The cost of obesity: How much can patients save by losing weight?
DENVER — Losing weight is good for patients’ wallets as well as their health, according to a presenter at the Obesity Medicine Association’s annual conference.
VIDEO: Fortisite allows for faster, cost saving treatment for corneal ulcers
WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye/Retina 2024, John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS, discusses the benefits of treating corneal ulcers with Fortisite, a combination of tobramycin 1.5% and vancomycin 5%.
CMS bundled payment program did not produce significant benefit in HF care
Hospital participation in the CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced program was not associated with significant change in quality of care metrics for patients hospitalized with HF, researchers reported.
Black, Hispanic patients with lymphoma less likely to receive palliative care
SAN DIEGO — Patients with lymphoma who receive palliative care incur significantly lower total hospitalization charges than patients who do not, according to study findings presented at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Redispensing unused oral cancer drugs reduces costs, waste
The redispensing of unused oral anticancer drugs led to a significant reduction in waste, as well as cost savings, study findings published in JAMA Oncology showed.
Biosimilar boom may help equalize care standards previously ‘inaccessible due to cost’
DESTIN, Fla. — There are myriad advantages to an increased availability of lower-cost biosimilar therapies in rheumatology, according to a speaker at the 2023 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology meeting.
Inflation Reduction Act may save drug costs for older patients at high CV risk
NEW ORLEANS — Medicare beneficiaries at high CV risk spending more than $2,000 per year in out-of-pocket drug costs could save a median of $855 per year under the Inflation Reduction Act, researchers reported.
Physician group practices in bundled payment models associated with surgical cost savings
Results showed physician group practices that participate in a bundled payment model have associated cost savings for surgical but not medical episodes, while participating hospitals have savings for both surgical and medical episodes.