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- Economic & Business Focus: Retiree Health Plans
- Recent Medicare legislation in the U.S. may force many companies to cancel prescription drug coverage for their retirees. Senior Finance Executives SFE must begin to address the potential impact of the new law on the retiree health plans and should decide upon the prescription drug provisions. The paper outlines the...
- White papers 2004-03-01
- The New Medicare Prescription Drug Law
- The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act the Act, makes prescription drug coverage available to all senior citizens for the first time ever beginning in 2006.Tthe costs of such plans have recently risen by nearly 20 percent a year, causing some companies to limit drug benefits under retiree health...
- White papers 2004-05-07
- Managing the Intricate Web of Prescription Drugs
- Prescription drug costs are the fastest rising component of health care and are contributing to the dramatic increase in health care costs. Emergence of generic drugs, employer recognition, and increased consumer knowledge are already forcing enormous change on the industry. This article explains the factors affecting the current financial pressure...
- White papers 2002-12-26
- Prescription Drugs: Recent Trends in Utilization, Expenditures, and Coverage
- Prescription drug costs, which rose by 15.7 percent in 2001, are the fastest rising component of medical expenditures and accounted for 16.7 percent of the total increase in health care spending that year. Americans spent more than $140 billion on prescription drugs in 2001-or about 10 percent of the nation's...
- White papers 2004-01-01
- Retiree Health Benefits: Options for Employment-Based Prescription Drug Benefits Under the Medicare Modernization Act
- The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 MMA created a prescription drug benefit for beneficiaries, called Medicare part D, beginning in January 2006. The paper determines the trends in employment-based retiree health coverage prior to the MMA and which MMA prescription drug options plan sponsors said they...
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Prescription Drugs: Price Trends for Frequently Used Brand and Generic Drugs From 2000 Through 2004
- Prescription drug spending has been the fastest growing segment of national health expenditures. As the federal government assumes greater financial responsibility for prescription drug expenditures with the introduction of Medicare part D, federal policymakers are increasingly concerned about prescription drug prices. The report examines the change in retail prices and...
- White papers 2005-08-01
- Walmart Keeps Pushing Healthcare Initiatives, No Matter What Retail Thinks
- When it takes on an issue, Walmart does so in a fully realized manner and inevitably incorporates it into retail operations, so it’s not surprising that the company brought up the healthcare debate currently centered on the United States Congress in announcing an expansion of its low-cost prescription drug programs....
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
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- Convergys Signs Contract to Manage Inquiries about New Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
- CINCINNATI & COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG), a global leader in providing customer care, human resources, and billing services, announced today a customer care contract with Palmetto GBA, one of the largest Medicare contractors in the United States. Convergys and Palmetto GBA will provide contact center support for the...
- Research articles 2005-07-19
- Employers turning to cost-sharing for drug benefits
- More employers nationwide are having their workers pay a greater portion of their prescription-drug benefit as a long-term strategy to control employee-benefit costs, according to a new survey from Buck Consultants, a New York City-based human resources and benefits consulting company. The study, "Understanding Your Strategies for Coping with the...
- Research articles 2008-09-05
- Committee Okays FDA Reform Bill
- THE SENATE LABOR and Human Resources Committee last week approved industry-supported legislation that would reauthorize the Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992 and streamline Food & Drug Administration's approval procedures. The committee THE SENATE LABOR and Human Resources Committee last...
- Research articles 1997-06-23
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