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Part D/Prescription Drugs

6 hospital drug-spending facts from the Federation of American Hospitals

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Seven pharma executives will testify Feb. 26 before a U.S. Senate Finance Committee

(By Emmarie Huetteman and Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Expect sparks to fly Tuesday as senators get a rare

(By Shefali Luthra and Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he intends to bring down skyrocketing

(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Kenneth Frazier, CEO of pharma giant Merck, is set to face senators Tuesday

(By David Armstrong for a collaboration between STAT and ProPublica) In May 1997, the year after Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin, its

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Supplies of BCG, a critical immunotherapy drug that treats bladder cancer, are dwindling,

(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON — Spending on prescription drugs is expected to increase at an accelerating rate over

(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) In a growing number of states, patients who

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS informed Medicare Advantage and Part D drug plans that it will begin

(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) Bob Field was set to kick off his second course of BCG — a potent immunotherapy that