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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of end-stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. Increasing diagnosis and treatment rates, and substantial unmet need combine to make HCV a high-gr…

The HealthLeaders-InterStudy Market Analyst team analyzes major developments at the nation’s publicly held health plans each quarter through their financial releases and conference call transcripts. T…

The HealthLeaders-InterStudy Market Analyst team analyzes major developments at the nation’s publicly held health plans each quarter through their financial releases and conference call transcripts. T…

Value-based insurance designs, medical homes and Medicaid reform, as well as the federal health reform law, are affecting the healthcare landscape in Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama. Large employers in…

The HealthLeaders-InterStudy Market Analyst team analyzes major developments at the nation’s publicly held health plans each quarter through their financial releases and conference call transcripts. T…

The HealthLeaders-InterStudy Market Analyst team analyzes major developments at the nation’s publicly held health plans each quarter through their financial releases and conference call transcripts. T…

The practice known as “academic detailing,” which aims to provide physicians with a more complete, evidence-based, and presumably unbiased education about what specific drugs will do, has sp…

HealthLeaders-InterStudy has prepared an executive brief on Medical Homes.

The HealthLeaders-InterStudy Market Analyst team analyzes major developments at the nation’s publicly held health plans each quarter through their financial releases and conference call transcripts. T…

Colorado Medicaid has seen a reduction in emergency room use and a drop in per-member spending among children due to a medical home initiative. Health plans in Colorado and Nevada have taken highly in…

Health reform doesn't make its biggest splash until 2014, but health plans are getting their feet wet this year having to comply with numerous new mandates in the next 12 months. Among the most ch…

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen likely will not have to enact draconian cuts to TennCare this year, but is still pursuing two methods to trim the pharmacy program in ways that will cut into pharmaceutica…