by wpx_azhealthplans | May 16, 2024 | News
Hospital prices rose 7.7% last month compared with the same period last year, the highest monthly increase since October 2010, according to the Labor Department, and economists said higher hospital costs are one of the reasons why US inflation remains high....
by wpx_azhealthplans | May 13, 2024 | News
A RAND analysis of claims data from over 4,000 US hospitals found that private and employer-based insurance providers paid 254% more for inpatient and outpatient hospital services, on average, than Medicare in 2022. Researchers examined data from 49 states and...
by wpx_azhealthplans | May 6, 2024 | News
Data from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging showed that health care expenses, including the costs of medical care, assisted living, prescription drugs, health insurance and dental care, were among the top concerns of many Americans older than...
by wpx_azhealthplans | Apr 24, 2024 | News
A study in the journal American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy ranked the top 25 drugs by US expenditure in 2023 based on list price, newly approved drugs and utilization, with semaglutide, adalimumab and apixaban taking the top three spots. Over $38 billion was...
by wpx_azhealthplans | Apr 24, 2024 | News
A report from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists found that total prescription drug spending in the US jumped to $772.5 billion last year, up 13.5% from 2022, largely due to the popularity of blockbuster weight loss drugs. Semaglutide was...
