Professor of Medicine and Pharmacy Univ of Pittsburgh; Senior Medical Director, Center for Value Based Pharmacy Initiatives, UPMC Health Plan. Opinions mine
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined July 2009
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Nearly every month I go to @Gianteagle pharmacy, they screw up, usually resulting in me getting charged too much. Yesterday they billed the wrong insurance company, and I was told my copay was $300. They refused to review anything. I pd; today my insurance said copay $60.
Tried to book a room with @Marriott The most frustrating experience. The website doesn’t allow to book more than a one-night stay- entered 4 days, keeps reverting to 1. Call the number for reservations- they insist on sending you to the horrible website.
You’ve heard of a dumpster fire? This was a real dumpster fire off Parkway East in Pittsburgh today. Trash truck caught fire- dumped it all on the road to save the truck.
Surgical Patient's Face Catches Fire; Drug Prices Up; Slime at Boar's Head Plant medpagetoday.com/practiceman… This is one heck of a headline for today's medical news- patient face catching fire, and slima at a meat packing plant.
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💊 A new study by @CBGood23 & colleagues sheds light on demographic & clinical profiles of very high-cost #pharmaceutical users, revealing key 💵 drivers like HIV, cancer, & inflammatory conditions.
Learn more about rising drug costs & policy solutions: journals.lww.com/lww-medical…
I'm glad this is being looked at:
Removing a Splinter? Treating a Wart? If a Doctor Does It, It Can Be Billed as Surgery kffhealthnews.org/MTk1NjcxMg via @kffhealthnews
In 40+ years of watching a lot of #CollegeBasketball , I have never seen someone completely miss the basket on 2 consecutive foul shots. Until tonight. West Virginia player pulled it off. Go #pitt!!
Vaping as good as Chantix for smoking cessation. But what if you vape Chantix???
Electronic Cigarettes vs Varenicline for Smoking Cessation in Adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Bought new @Kia EV6 2years ago. Over weekend, car died, wouldn’t start. Kia supposed to provide free towing- got lied to for 3 hours waiting to be picked up. I cancelled and got car there myself.
Kia Monroeville can’t find anything wrong- says battery was dead. No reason why.
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A retrospective cross-sectional multi-year study by Samuel Peasah, @CBGood23, & colleagues found csDMARDs were highly used consistently in patients with #RheumatoidArthritis.
Read more about their results in @DrugsRWOutcomes: link.springer.com/article/10…
Really great piece examining the business practices of medical journals. Authors provide manuscripts for free, and also have to pay to have it published!
"Why I left the editorial board of the prestigious scientific journal NeuroImage ..." statnews.com/2024/02/01/scie… via @statnews
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Samuel Peasah, @CBGood23, & more found a financial incentive & refill reminder program was associated with improved adherence to antithrombotic meds, reduced ED use, & increased RX costs, but not in total pharmacy, medical, or total cost of care.
🗞️ jmcp.org/doi/10.18553/jmcp.2…
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Come and learn how @icer_review, @Highmark_BCBS, @MassHealth, and Canada are assessing prescription digital therapeutics on Friday, Oct 13. Moderated by @CBGood23 and @SuzanneMcgurn.
Brought to you by the ISPOR #HTA Roundtable - North America.
Are you interested in the payer perspective of prescription digital therapeutics? Join us to learn how payers and #HTA bodies from North America assess #digitaltherapies for safety, effectiveness, and value at a webinar on October 13. ow.ly/SL4t50PS8wt
The SGLT2i's just keep looking better and better: Comparative Effectiveness of Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors for Recurrent Gout Flares and Gout-Primary Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…
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Findings suggest PPPM total cost of care of patients receiving empagliflozin was similar to PPPM total cost of care of patients receiving nonempagliflozin antidiabetic medications.
Read more from @CBGood23 & colleagues: ow.ly/bBKt50ML9W5
