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Please take a break from your #doomscrolling and read this thread. If you have an even longer break read the paper @NEJM: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… 1/7
Please take a break from your #doomscrolling and read this thread. If you have an even longer break read the paper @NEJM: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… 1/7
This paper is about #PartD & cancer. It is also about #pharmacoequity (shoutout @UREssien). Not the way we typically think about equity, though. This is about how screwed you are if you need cancer treatment and your treatment happens to be covered by #PartD and not #PartB. 2/7
Half of cancer drugs are covered by #PartD. Whether you get a pill versus infusion is based on your cancer type or subtype. For #breastcancer the preferred regimens for #HER2+ cancer are infused (#PartB); for HER2-, ER/PR+ cancer preferred regimens include a #PartD drug. 3/7
Q: How much revenue and profit are safety-net hospitals participating in the #340B prescription drug program making dispensing #Medicare #PartB covered drugs?
A: NEW in @JAMANetworkOpen from @saynikpay, @MelindaBBuntin and @contirena1
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
A: NEW in @JAMANetworkOpen from @saynikpay, @MelindaBBuntin and @contirena1
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
What does that mean in terms of profit? It, too, has grown in recent years. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
The profits are small compared to overall hospital budgets, but significant when compared to costs of uncompensated care, the study finds. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
