Price hikes prevail: List prices for 20 drugs jump +200% in past year
(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) The list prices for nearly two dozen drugs increased by at least 200
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Graphic: Opioid Painkiller Is Top Prescription In 11 States
(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News) Americans fill about 4.5 billion prescriptions each year, at a cost of more than $323 billion.
Read MoreIntermountain, SSM, Ascension and Trinity’s generic drug venture could have a third of the hospital market as members: 6 things to know
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Seventy U.S. hospitals expressed interest in joining a nonprofit generic drug company venture formed by
Read MoreDOJ weighing ‘major litigation’ against opioid makers, Trump says
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — President Trump spoke Monday of using federal prosecutors to pursue “major litigation” against
Read MoreCongress Tackles The Opioid Epidemic. But How Much Will It Help?
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) The nation’s opioid epidemic has been called today’s version of the 1980s AIDS crisis. In a speech Monday,
Read MoreCongress turning its attention to the lack of accountability of the 340B drug prescription program
Congress is turning its attention toward hospital participating in the 340B drug prescription program following a series of studies that
Read MoreBCBS forms BCBS Institute to partner with Lyft, give members rides to Walgreens, CVS pharmacies
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Blue Cross and Blue Shield expanded its partnership with Lyft to give plan enrollees rides
Read MoreHospitals are confronting a new opioid crisis: an alarming shortage of pain meds
(By Casey Ross for STAT) The incident command system kicked in at Brigham and Women’s Hospital about a week ago.
Read MoreBill Of The Month: For Toenail Fungus, A $1,500 Prescription
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) During Anne Soloviev’s semiannual visit to Braun Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center in
Read MoreHow Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides?
(By Martha Bebinger for NPR) Mady Ohlman was 22 on the evening some years ago when she stood in a
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