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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
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PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

The Emerging Use By Commercial Payers Of Third-Party Lab Benefit Managers For Genetic Testing
By Kathryn A. Phillips and Patricia A. Deverka

Commercial payers are increasingly using laboratory benefit managers to manage laboratory test utilization. LBMs represent a relatively newer area of utilization management, although they are similar in some ways to pharmacy benefit managers, used to manage prescription drug benefits. Read More >>

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Alcohol-Related Crimes And Risk Of Arrest For Intimate Partner Violence Among California Handgun Purchasers
By Hannah Laqueur, Rose M. C. Kagawa, Mona Wright, and Garen J. Wintemute

Hannah Laqueur and coauthors explore the relationship between alcohol misuse and subsequent arrest for intimate partner violence. Read More >>

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A CLOSER LOOKAlzheimer’s Disease

Drug company Biogen announced that it would seek FDA approval for aducanumab, a drug intended to treat early Alzheimer’s disease by helping clear plaque from the brain. In the April 2014 issue of Health Affairs, Jonathan Bor explored why it has proven so difficult to make progress toward a treatment and potential cure for the disease.

 
 
 
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