MedPAC to look into hospital consolidations’ effect on Medicare
In a letter signed a group of bipartisan lawmakers serving on the Energy and Commerce committee is asking The Medicare
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Insulin’s High Cost Leads To Lethal Rationing
(By Bram Sable-Smith for NPR) Diabetic ketoacidosis is a terrible way to die. It’s what happens when you don’t have
Read MoreCopay Accumulators
According to a recent survey of 170 employers conducted by the National Business Group on Health, 17 percent of employers
Read MoreBezos backs startup aimed at delaying age-related diseases
( By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Among the investors backing Unity Biotechnology, a startup that aims to develop
Read MoreCustomers like their brick-and-mortar pharmacies
Customers really love their pharmacies, and for reasons that could make it tough for Amazon to keep up – at
Read MoreNew Illinois law will prohibit nonmedical switching beginning January 1st.
The state of Illinois passed a law that will limit the practice of so-called nonmedical switching – in which insurance
Read MoreRemoving the middlemen and reduce drug prices
A growing number of big companies are moving to help cut the price of prescription drugs for their workers by
Read MoreWhat price will be used when drug prices are required in direct to consumer ads?
The U.S. Senate passed an amendment to the spending bill that would require pharma companies to disclose the prices of
Read MoreMedicare Part B Policy Change effective January 1, 2019
Under the new policy to beginning January 1, 2019, Medicare Advantage enrollees may be required to use lower-cost alternatives to
Read MoreJohn Arnold: Are pharmacy benefit managers the good guys or bad guys of drug pricing?
(By John Arnold for STAT) In the ongoing debate over drug prices, the pharmaceutical industry has been highly effective in
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