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Part D/Prescription Drugs

CMS to Cut 340B Drug Payments to Hospitals by $1.6 Billion

Less than an hour after Centers of Medicare and Medicaid released the final rule, America’s Essential Hospitals, the American Hospital

(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — President Trump’s commission on combating the opioid epidemic plans to encourage the federal government to

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) With the price of a crucial diabetes drug skyrocketing, at least five

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pharmacy giant CVS Health is in talks to purchase Aetna, sources familiar with

(By Bill Chappell for NPR) It has the power to save lives by targeting opioid overdoses — something that kills

According to a review of public records, Amazon Inc. has gained approval to become a wholesale distributor from a number

(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) The founder of the pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics Inc. was arrested Thursday on charges of

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pharmaceutical and medical device companies have collectively spent $208 million on lobbying efforts

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walgreens plans to close about 600 stores over an 18-month period beginning next

(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is poised to declare the opioid epidemic a national emergency