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5% of patients account for 48.8% of total US healthcare spending, 1% account for 20.7%

https://meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st540/stat540.shtml The most commonly treated condition among the top 5 percent of spenders in 2019 was hypertension (46.2 percent), followed by osteoarthritis/other non-traumatic joint disorders (44.5...

Prior authorization isnt utilization management anymore. Its unpaid clinical labor.

I spent almost an hour yesterday getting a prior authorization pushed through for a medication the patient has been stable on for two years, and...

Low health literacy: patients don't know how many pills they're taking each day?

Im reading an article on uptodate on "Heart failure: Self management". One passage reads: -- For instance, while 71 percent of low-literacy patients in one study could...

Prior Authorizations on Prior Authorizations

So I prescribed a newer medication for a patient. It was flagged as needing prior authorization. Not exactly surprising for non-generic medications. So I do...

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5% of patients account for 48.8% of total US healthcare spending, 1% account for 20.7%

Prior authorization isnt utilization management anymore. Its unpaid clinical labor.

Low health literacy: patients don't know how many pills they're taking each day?

Prior Authorizations on Prior Authorizations