February 2019 – Page 6 – medicarereport.org

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Health Care Service Corp. and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute launched

Prepare for grilling: 7 questions for 7 pharma execs who’ll testify before Congress about prices

(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) A fter some very public cajoling, executives from some of the world’s largest

Majority of people do not really have a good understanding of the Medicare program. What it covers and what it

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review ) OptumRx, UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy benefit manager unit, reportedly sent a letter to

(By Marisa Taylor for Kaiser Health News) Renowned Harvard University geneticist David Sinclair recently made a startling assertion: Scientific data

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) UnitedHealthcare, the health insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, changed its policy for

Are you wondering how other countries decide what to pay for drugs? In a recent World Health Organization report on

(By Bram Sable-Smith for NPR) When Michelle Fenner signed up to run this year’s Los Angeles Marathon, it got her

Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review ) As of June 30, most VA hospitals reported lower death rates than non-VA

Johnson & Johnson announced they will start giving the list price of its prescription drugs in television ads. The company’s