The FDA recently approved Cara Therapeutics’s infused drug, Korsuva (difelikefalin), to treat puritus (moderate-to-severe itching) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing dialysis. It
Virtually everyone in specialty pharmacy realizes that good patient communications are key contributing factors to improved outcomes. However, the industry has grappled with how to
We’ve written numerous times about value-based contracting (VBC). When it emerged a few years ago there was much hope that it would offer some remedy
We’ve often complained that the names of specialty pharmacies selected as limited distribution partners for new therapies are not released at the time of FDA
Ambulatory Infusion Centers (AICs) are once again gaining traction….. but not for the first time. AICs have actually been around for a very long time.
Most insurance programs still place provider administered medications under the medical benefit requiring that the meds be billed to the payer in the traditional claims
Hospital / Health System Owned Specialty Pharmacies (HHOSPs) have been saying that they are better qualified than independent SPs because they are integrated, essentially bolted
Last week the FDA approved a new ORAL therapy, Welireg (belzutifan) from Merck, for adult patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease who require therapy for
If you have made healthcare a career then you are likely to be familiar with NCQA. They’ve been around since the early 1990s measuring and
Now here’s something ya don’t see every day….. a leading accreditation body cutting a deal to offer a discount on specialty pharmacy accreditation. Yes, URAC
