MedPAC Votes for Sweeping Revisions to Medicare Part D
(Source – www.policymed.com) The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) an important advisory panel to congress, voted to back a package of changes to
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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Cancer Doctors Recoil at Experimental Change in Drug Reimbursements
The Associated Press reports that medicare’s proposal for changes to reimbursement processes for chemotherapy and other drugs administered in the
Read MorePrescription Drug Costs Projected to Continue Upward Spiral
It’s no secret to anybody that the cost of prescription drugs is continuing its upward march–over 12% in 2014, with
Read MoreThe Medicare Impact of High-flying Drugs
Motley Fools, Sean Williams takes a look at the concentrated impact of a handful of drugs at the top of
Read MoreVisualizing Health Policy: Recent Trends in Prescription Drug Costs
Source: “Visualizing Health Policy: Recent Trends in Prescription Drug Costs,” The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, accessed April 5, 2016,
Read MoreCMS finalizes 2017 payment and policy updates for Medicare Health and Drug Plans
(Source – CMS.gov) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released the final Medicare Advantage and Part D
Read MoreFrustrations in Rising Drug Prices
On Monday, The American College of Physicians, an association of one hundred forty-three thousand(143,000) internal medicine physicians have joined the
Read MorePharmaceutical Company Has Hiked Price On Aid-In-Dying Drug
(By April Dembosky, KQED for Kaiser Health News) When California’s aid-in-dying law takes effect this June, terminally ill patients who decide to
Read MoreSome Thoughts of Fixing Medicare
Medicare–like Social Security–is on a path to deplete its cash reserves even quicker than Social Security, yet it doesn’t seem
Read MoreThe FDA is Four Years Behind in Granting Approval for Generic Drugs
The newly confirmed Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Robert M. Califf, stated the backlog of some
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