Study: Hospitals markup drugs 487%, receive 2.5 times what they paid after negotiations
(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hospitals markup brand-name drugs nearly 487 percent, according to a study performed by The Moran
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Scientist concedes his controversial MS therapy, once a source of great hope, is ‘largely ineffective’
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) What many hope will be the final chapter in an unfortunate saga in multiple sclerosis research appears
Read MoreChoosing a Medicare Part D plan
Medicare Prescription Drug Plans or PDPs allows the individual to add prescription drug coverage to their original Medicare package. Prescription
Read MoreA Hospital Charged $1,877 to Pierce a 5-Year-Old’s Ears. This Is Why Health Care Costs So Much.
(By Marshall Allen for ProPublica) Two years ago, Margaret O’Neill brought her 5-year-old daughter to Children’s Hospital Colorado because the
Read MoreThe Ratcheting Cost Of The Pneumococcal Vaccine: What Gives?
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) Every November, like clockwork, she gets the same letter, said Dr. Lindsay Irvin,
Read MoreDoctors Make Big Money Testing Urine For Drugs, Then Ignore Abnormal Results
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) In April 2014, state and federal drug agents raided Jeffrey Campbell’s medical clinic
Read MoreVA failed to report eight potentially dangerous doctors
The Government Accountability Office found five medical centers within the Department of Veterans Affairs failed to report potentially dangerous doctors
Read MoreMEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT: TIME’S RUNNING OUT
(Source – blog.medicare.gov) Medicare Open Enrollment ends next week on December 7. If you’ve been thinking about changing your Medicare
Read MoreHeated And Deep-Pocketed Battle Erupts Over 340B Drug Discount Program
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) A 25-year-old federal drug discount program has grown so big and controversial
Read MoreUPS has acquired a manufacturing pharmacy license
UPS has confirmed that it has obtained a manufacturing pharmacy license from Georgia’s Board of Pharmacy that enables the company
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