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Rural hospitals in crisis 2119 1414 AEPC Health

Rural hospitals in crisis

The Michigan budget deal reached late last year restored roughly $25 million to rural hospitals, halting the financial axe that was about to come down on its 70 rural hospitals. Losing those funds would have…

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” 2121 1414 AEPC Health

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke the words quoted above in a 1966 speech to the Medical Committee for…

More than seasonal blues: SAD 2242 1338 AEPC Health

More than seasonal blues: SAD

Gray days, fewer daylight hours, and less sunshine mark the winter months. For some, winter triggers a specific type of depression called Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). SAD doesn’t occur exclusively in winter, though summer seasonal…

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare – Ethical, Privacy and Other Issues 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare – Ethical, Privacy and Other Issues

Last week’s  Weekend Reading segment provided materials on the history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as well as its current and future role in healthcare. While AI offers opportunities to improve healthcare quality and control costs, it raises ethical, data security, and other…

2020 Resolutions . . . there’s an app for that 2560 1703 AEPC Health

2020 Resolutions . . . there’s an app for that

Looking to make good on your New Year’s resolutions? Chances are there’s an app that’ll help you stay on track. Here’s a quick look at a few apps or sources for apps that address the…

Artificial Intelligence & Healthcare 2121 1414 AEPC Health

Artificial Intelligence & Healthcare

The term “artificial intelligence” was coined in the mid-1950s, by Professor John McCarthy, which he would define as “the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.” Although there is no standard definition of artificial intelligence (or machine learning), it is in broad…

AEPC Selects CVS Health as Preferred Prescription Drug Partner 1920 943 AEPC Health

AEPC Selects CVS Health as Preferred Prescription Drug Partner

PROJECTED SAVINGS – OVER $93 MILLION AEPC is pleased to announce the selection of CVS Health (CVS) as its preferred Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM) for the coalition. Remedy Analytics, Inc. (Remedy), AEPC’s prescription drug analytics…

AEPC Contract Performance Audit of CVS CareMark Returns $6.2 Million to AEPC Member Organizations 1920 943 AEPC Health

AEPC Contract Performance Audit of CVS CareMark Returns $6.2 Million to AEPC Member Organizations

We are pleased to announce that CVS/caremark is issuing reimbursement of over $6.2 million dollars to AEPC participating member organizations. The reimbursement is the result of CVS/caremark’s internal audit of 2016 performance against the contracted AEPC pricing guarantees. Based…

AEPC Pharmacy Benefit Manager RFP Status 1920 943 AEPC Health

AEPC Pharmacy Benefit Manager RFP Status

At the direction of the AEPC Executive Committee, Remedy Analytics (Remedy) is conducting a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) services. The RFP seek bids with an effective date of July 1,…

AEPC Selects CVS Health as Preferred Prescription Drug Partner 1920 943 AEPC Health

AEPC Selects CVS Health as Preferred Prescription Drug Partner

PROJECTED SAVINGS OF $65 MILLION AEPC is pleased to announce that CVS Health has been selected as the preferred vendor for pharmacy benefits for its member organizations after an extensive Request for Proposal (RFP) process.…

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