FDA approves first new sickle cell drug in 20 years
(By Adam Feuerstein for STAT) The FDA approved a new medicine Friday to reduce the complications associated with sickle cell
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Legal Actions/Court Decisions
Will Illinois Need to Immediately Pay Down $2.8 Billion of Unpaid Medicaid Bills?
Today, June 30, 2017, U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow will rule whether or not the state of Illinois will need
Read MoreRemoving Ineligible Family Members from the State Health Benefit Plan Could Save Money
The state of Georgia’s Department of Community Health, which administers Medicaid as well as the State Health Benefit Plan for
Read MoreWhich states filed for Section 1332 waivers?
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) Increased use of Section 1332 waivers — also known as State Innovation Waivers
Read MoreA Drug Quintupled in Price. Now, Drug Industry Players Are Feuding Over the Windfall.
(By Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Katie Thomas, The New York Times, May 31, 2017) A company that manages prescription drug
Read MoreOhio’s Attorney General Suing Drug Manufacturers
On Wednesday the Attorney General for the state of Ohio, Mike DeWine, filed a suit against five major drug manufacturers
Read MoreTwo Medicare Advantage Insurers Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit For $32 Million
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) Two Florida Medicare Advantage insurers have agreed to pay nearly $32 million to
Read MoreAppealing Drug Cost Transparency in Little Rock
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association of Washington, representing the largest PBMs in the country, is appealing the March 1 decision
Read MoreSecurities and Exchange Commission Files Charges in Insider Trading
On Wednesday the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed charges
Read MoreFeds investigate UHS psychiatric hospitals’ billing practices
(By Ayla Ellison by Becker’s Hospital Review) An investigation into whether King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services’ psychiatric hospitals
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