Good News, Bad News On Medication Adherence: Problem Understood, Now How To Fix Human Behavior?
Executive Summary
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ long awaited final rules on Accountable Care Organizations, issued on Oct. 20, include encouraging incentives for medication adherence. That’s good news for the industry, but it also throws a spotlight on the imperfect state of medication adherence methodologies.
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