The Future of Prior Authorization
Courtney Savage
February 22, 2024
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A conversation with Peggy Tighe, Principal, Powers Law
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Talking Step Therapy with Cancer Fashionista
Courtney Savage
January 11, 2024
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I’m so excited to share my recent conversation with Cancer Fashionista, Melissa Berry, on her podcast, Dear Cancer, I’m Beautiful.
New Drug Pricing Changes and Utilization Management
Courtney Savage
December 5, 2023
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You may have heard about the Inflation Reduction Act or changes regarding the Medicare program’s ability to negotiate prescription drug prices. Join me as I host fellow colleagues for a discussion about what these changes mean for you.
It’s Not Me, It’s You – and Other Tales from a Government Shutting Down
Courtney Savage
November 14, 2023
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I really wasn’t going to write about the shutdown threat but then I remembered one of the last times this happened: I ended up renewing a childhood friendship in a heated Facebook exchange. So today is about something with which we all have way too much experience, but which requires only a basic understanding of civics, current events, and a country with an unimaginative addiction to drama and self-sabotage…
Getting Started
Courtney Savage
November 13, 2023
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I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that making sure doctors get paid enough isn’t on many people’s end of year to-do lists. Why should we care? In my opinion, we should care, but not because I am desperate to get in a battle of who has the prettiest line chart depicting how much doctors are (or are not) being paid. I think we should care because most people have no idea what we are (and are not) paying for in our healthcare system – and that makes all the difference.
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