Managed care

Teva Announces U.S. Launch of Autoinjector for AJOVY® (fremanezumab-vfrm) Injection

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Monday, April 27, 2020
Medical devices, Health, Managed care, General Health, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical equipment, Autoinjector, Technology, Injection, Syringe

AJOVY is the only long-acting anti-CGRP injection with the option of dosing four times per year using either the autoinjector or prefilled syringe.

Key Points: 
  • AJOVY is the only long-acting anti-CGRP injection with the option of dosing four times per year using either the autoinjector or prefilled syringe.
  • Patients should consult their healthcare professionals about how to take AJOVY using the autoinjector.
  • Patients can also visit AJOVY.com for step-by-step instructions for using the autoinjector, or to speak with a nurse to help answer questions about taking AJOVY using the autoinjector.
  • 1 Two Human Factor studies assessed evaluators ability to complete critical tasks in order to demonstrate use of the AJOVY Autoinjector in simulated-use sessions.

Magellan Health Announces First Quarter 2020 Earnings Conference Call

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Monday, April 27, 2020
Managed care, Software, General Health, Networks, Professional services, Pharmaceutical, Data management, Technology, Insurance, Human resources, Finance, Other Technology, Health, Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation, Magellan, Pharmacy, Travelers, 2nd millennium

(NASDAQ: MGLN) today announced that it will report its earnings for the first quarter ended on March 31, 2020 at approximately 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Monday, May 11, 2020.

Key Points: 
  • (NASDAQ: MGLN) today announced that it will report its earnings for the first quarter ended on March 31, 2020 at approximately 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Monday, May 11, 2020.
  • At 8 a.m. Eastern on the same day, Magellan's management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss earnings and other information.
  • The call-in numbers and passcode for the conference call are as follows:
    To participate in the conference call, dial in approximately 10 minutes before the start of the call.
  • About Magellan Health: Magellan Health, Inc. , a Fortune 500 company, is a leader in managing the fastest growing, most complex areas of health, including special populations, complete pharmacy benefits and other specialty areas of healthcare.

Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces Change to Virtual‑Only Annual Meeting of Stockholders For 2020

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Friday, April 24, 2020
Managed care, Hospitals, Health, Financial economics, Finance, Shareholders, Corporate finance, Proxy, Stock, Annual general meeting, Money

Community Health Systems, Inc. (the Company) (NYSE: CYH) today announced a change in the location of its annual meeting of stockholders for 2020 (the Annual Meeting) from in-person to a virtual-only format.

Key Points: 
  • Community Health Systems, Inc. (the Company) (NYSE: CYH) today announced a change in the location of its annual meeting of stockholders for 2020 (the Annual Meeting) from in-person to a virtual-only format.
  • Stockholders will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person.
  • Whether or not they plan to attend the Annual Meeting, the Company urges its stockholders to vote and submit their proxy in advance of the Annual Meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials for the Annual Meeting.
  • Shares in Community Health Systems, Inc. are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CYH.

Navitus Health Solutions Selects David Fields as its Next President and CEO

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Friday, April 24, 2020
Managed care, Pharmaceutical, Health, Health, SSM Health, Pharmacy benefit management, Pharmacy

Navitus Health Solutions, a full-service pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), announced today that its Board of Directors recently ratified the selection of David Fields to serve as President and CEO on a permanent basis.

Key Points: 
  • Navitus Health Solutions, a full-service pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), announced today that its Board of Directors recently ratified the selection of David Fields to serve as President and CEO on a permanent basis.
  • Fields has been serving as Navitus Interim President and CEO for more than a year.
  • Navitus is one of those rare companies thats truly disrupting the industry and actively helping ensure that people across the nation have access to affordable prescription drug coverage, said David Fields, incoming President and CEO.
  • Fields first joined SSM Health as President of Dean Health Plan in 2018, bringing more than 30 years of experience to the position.

Vizient Expresses Appreciation for Congress and the President Acting Quickly to Provide Additional Funding for Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Friday, April 24, 2020
Medical Supplies, Health, Infectious diseases, Hospitals, Practice Management, Managed care

The law provides an additional $75 billion for the Provider Relief Fund.

Key Points: 
  • The law provides an additional $75 billion for the Provider Relief Fund.
  • This essential funding will be used to help support hospitals and other health care organizations that have faced unprecedented challenges in responding to the pandemic while losing significant revenue by foregoing non-essential and elective procedures.
  • The law also provides for $25 billion in support of a national strategy leading to effective testing for the virus.
  • Vizient has earned a Worlds Most Ethical Company designation from the Ethisphere Institute every year since its inception.

Global Epinephrine Auto-Injector Market Outlook and Forecast 2020-2025 - Growing Demand for Self-Administration of Drugs - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, April 24, 2020
Managed care, Pharmaceutical, Health, Medicine, Medical specialties, Type I hypersensitivity, Health, First aid, Epinephrine autoinjector, Sanofi, RTT, Anaphylaxis, Autoinjector, Epinephrine

The Global Epinephrine Auto-Injector Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 8% during the period 2019-2025.

Key Points: 
  • The Global Epinephrine Auto-Injector Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 8% during the period 2019-2025.
  • This study considers the present scenario of the epinephrine auto-injector market and its market dynamics for the period 2019-2025.
  • Therefore, the growing incidence of anaphylaxis is likely to increase the high uptake of epinephrine as it the first-aid treatment option, thereby driving the global market.
  • In 2019, the below 6 years segment accounted for a 10% market share of the global epinephrine auto-injector market.

State of Massachusetts Partners with Doctor On Demand to Provide Free Virtual COVID-19 Related Care to Uninsured Residents and Medicaid Members During the Pandemic

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Friday, April 24, 2020
Health, Technology, Other Health, Telecommunications, Managed care, General Health, Articles, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health, Healthcare in Massachusetts, Massachusetts health care reform, Mitt Romney, Universal healthcare, Telehealth, Health insurance coverage in the United States, Medicaid, Health insurance

Doctor On Demand, the nations leading virtual care provider, this week launched a partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to provide free virtual medical visits to Massachusetts residents without health insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key Points: 
  • Doctor On Demand, the nations leading virtual care provider, this week launched a partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to provide free virtual medical visits to Massachusetts residents without health insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Doctor On Demand will support uninsured residents who have questions about COVID-19 symptoms or have been identified as needing telehealth care through the states COVID-19 contact tracing efforts.
  • This partnership follows a previously-announced agreement with MassHealth, the state of Massachusetts administrator of Medicaid and childrens health insurance programs, to offer free virtual COVID-19 related visits to the States 1.8 million members.
  • "MassHealth is excited to announce this partnership with Doctor On Demand to provide medical support to our members and uninsured residents seeking guidance on COVID-19 symptoms or risk factors."

Acadia Healthcare Announces Change in Annual Meeting Location to Virtual Format

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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Managed care, Health, Mental health, Corporations, Financial economics, Articles, Corporate finance, Acadia Healthcare, Annual general meeting, Proxy, Board of directors, Stock

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC) today announced a change in the format for the Companys 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) via the filing of additional proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Key Points: 
  • Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC) today announced a change in the format for the Companys 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) via the filing of additional proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • Due to the evolving public health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to support the health and safety of the Companys directors, employees and stockholders, Acadia Healthcare will hold its Annual Meeting in a virtual meeting format only.
  • Stockholders will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person.
  • Acadia Healthcares Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. (Central Time).

Global Medical REIT Inc. Announces Dates for First Quarter Earnings Release and Webcast

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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Managed care, Finance, Health, Hospitals, Professional services, REIT, Real estate investment trust, Conference call

Participants may access the call via live webcast by visiting the investor information section of the Company's website at http://investors.globalmedicalreit.com .

Key Points: 
  • Participants may access the call via live webcast by visiting the investor information section of the Company's website at http://investors.globalmedicalreit.com .
  • The Company encourages use of the webcast due to potential extended wait times to access the conference call via dial-in.
  • For those unable to access the webcast, participants from within the U.S. should dial 1-877-705-6003, and participants from outside the U.S. should dial 1-201-493-6725.
  • Global Medical REIT Inc. is a net-lease medical office REIT that acquires purpose-built healthcare facilities and leases those facilities to strong healthcare systems and groups with leading market share.

Beacon Healthcare Systems Introduces New Medicare Supplemental Benefits Module

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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Data management, Health, Technology, Hospitals, Managed care, Software, General Health, Health, Federal assistance in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson, Articles, Liberalism in the United States, Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid, Single-payer healthcare, Health insurance in the United States

Beacon Healthcare Systems has introduced a new Medicare Supplemental Benefits module expressly designed to help Medicare Advantage health plans with the approval and delivery of supplemental benefits for their members.

Key Points: 
  • Beacon Healthcare Systems has introduced a new Medicare Supplemental Benefits module expressly designed to help Medicare Advantage health plans with the approval and delivery of supplemental benefits for their members.
  • Beacons new module comes on the heels of new guidelines from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that allow the expansion of supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage to cover not only benefits that are primarily health-related but, for the first time, to expand that scope to include any benefit as long as they are healthcare benefits.
  • In that spirit, Beacon launched a new module earlier this year to help a national Medicare Advantage plan manage supplemental benefits for their members; and in the first week alone, they captured 2,000 cases.
  • In addition to this new Supplemental Benefits module, Beacon provides a portfolio of industry-leading health plan solutions designed to meet todays regulatory requirements.