Lawsuits Filed Against CVS and Walgreens for Overcharging Customers for Generic Drugs
Two separate lawsuits have been filed against CVS and Walgreens stating that both companies charged insured customers more for generics
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
How many doctors have received payments from opioid makers? Look here
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) One in 12 physicians — and nearly one in five family medicine doctors — have
Read MoreHospitals Slashed Use Of Two Heart Drugs After Huge Price Hikes
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) Even before media reports and a congressional hearing vilified Valeant Pharmaceuticals International for raising prices on
Read MoreMedicare Part D Base Premuims will be Lower for 2018
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced last week, the base premium for Medicare Part D drug benefit will
Read MoreThe Senate Approves Right to Try Act Bill
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved bill S. 204 (115) on Thursday that would allow people facing life-threatening diseases access to
Read MoreFlorida Law Will Let Patients Get All Their Drug Renewals At The Same Time
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) For people who take multiple medications to manage chronic conditions, traipsing back and
Read MoreTo Grow Market Share, A Drugmaker Pitches Its Product To Judges
(By Jake Harper for NPR) Philip Kirby says he first used heroin during a stint in a halfway house a
Read MoreCVS Releases 2018 Formulary Drug List with an Outcomes-based Management Program
On Wednesday, CVS Health (one of the largest PBMs) announced its standard control formulary for 2018 with an outcomes-based management
Read More4 steps to reversing the epidemic of opioid use disorders
(By Brian D. Sites and Matthew A. Davis for STAT) Health care professionals share a common and lofty goal: to
Read MoreDrug Puts A $750,000 ‘Price Tag On Life’
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Jana Gundy and Amanda Chaffin live within two hours of each other in
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