Patients Overpay For Prescriptions 23% Of The Time, Analysis Shows
(By Sydney Lupkin for Kaiser Health News) As a health economist, Karen Van Nuys had heard that it’s sometimes cheaper
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
340B hospitals provided $26M+ in uncompensated, unreimbursed care: 3 study findings
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hospitals and health systems that participate in the 340B Drug Pricing Program play
Read MoreOpioid Maker Funds Efforts To Fight Addiction: Is It ‘Blood Money’ Or Charity?
(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News) A program to give naloxone overdose-antidote kits and training to front-line officers. Funding
Read MoreAmid efforts to expand naloxone access, a controversial new study questions its value
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — Amid a worsening opioid epidemic, the overdose-reversal drug naloxone has taken center stage.
Read MoreFlu vaccine grown without eggs provided measurably better protection this season, FDA says
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) The sole influenza vaccine made in cell culture in the United States may have worked
Read MoreKentucky AG files fourth opioid crisis lawsuit
(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review) Kentucky’s Attorney General on March 8 filed a lawsuit against AmerisourceBergen, alleging the
Read MoreCigna to buy Express Scripts for $67B: 5 things to know
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Cigna signed a definitive agreement to acquire Express Scripts for $67 billion in cash and
Read MoreOf ‘Miracles’ And Money: Why Hemophilia Drugs Are So Expensive
(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News) YUBA CITY, Calif. — When Landon Morris was diagnosed with hemophilia shortly after
Read MoreGottlieb condemns ‘rigged payment scheme’ for biosimilar drugs
(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that it’s not his agency’s
Read MoreJury’s In: Opioids Are Not Better Than Other Medicines For Chronic Pain
(By Alex Smith, KCUR for Kaiser Health News) A few years ago, Renea Molden’s doctors told her they wanted to
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