David Balat
@DavidBalatHC
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Working with medical professionals, employers and broker/advisers to make medical care more affordable. Former hospital executive. Independent. Patient advocate
Houston, TX
Joined January 2017
RT @mass_marion: Instead of spending on Super Bowl ads, how ‘bout NYU Langone hospital puts some effort into following the price transparen…
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UnitedHealth Group has asked the SEC to exclude two shareholder proposals from its 2025 annual meeting proxy materials that raise concerns about the company’s handling of prior authorization requirements and denied claims.
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RT @A_Ciaccia: Republicans weigh path forward for advancing PBM reform @RepGuthrie @NateWeixel @JosefChoi @AODNewz
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RT @RepChipRoy: We need a way out of our broken healthcare system. Short of the massive industry-wide overhaul that we need, radical expans…
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"A monopoly on how we purchase and stock vital and lifesaving medications and supplies should not be allowed. It’s an embarrassment to a country that once routinely claimed it had the best healthcare system in the world." - @econliberties
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RT @mass_marion: USA needs to 👀 at the 340B program. Here's a ⭐️ piece in @nytimes -Cancer patient gets a drug from a non-profit 340B hosp…
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RT @A_Ciaccia: Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, sha– oh nevermind, I was never fooled
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RT @A_Ciaccia: Wholesalers would really appreciate it if everyone would stop thinking and talking about them
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RT @46brooklyndata: "We have been banging the drug over the outsized PBM mark ups on specialty drugs for years, and the FTC report is an or…
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Stories like this will continue to be the norm until employers change the way they purchase services.
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@Agdoc328467 @MdBreathe @ChuckGrassley @SenWarren @BernieSanders Clarification: more of the benefit should be focused on charity care
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RT @mass_marion: 🇺🇸 sure does need PBM reform. In Pennsylvania, last minute changes to a decent bill allow PBM in my state to steer toward…
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RT @A_Ciaccia: Drug companies and PBMs have exemptions to anti-kickback laws which allows drugmakers to pollute the decision-making process…
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RT @A_Ciaccia: Thoughtful piece from @GeBaiDC on one of the primary sources of system misalignment in the drug channel: public policies tha…
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RT @A_Ciaccia: Elected officials say they want lower drug prices, but the policies they create routinely rely on inflated prices to pay for…
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RT @mass_marion: The government continues to allow PBM and GPO (hospital supply middlemen) to collect kickbacks... for > 20 years HHS and…
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RT @mass_marion: Wild, right? Our government hires Optum serve, a branch of United healthcare that owns one of the big three PBM’s Our go…
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RT @A_Ciaccia: "When companies 'enter into dumb contracts with insurers or PBMs, arguably they are in violation of ERISA ... Taking the law…
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What a great group of people to be joining on this panel. I look forward to seeing those of you attending at the You Powered Symposium next month.
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