Purdue Pharma LP filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday night with a partial deal aimed at resolving thousands of lawsuits filed by states and municipalities accusing it of fueling the opioid crisis.
Georgia makes few apologies about being a “business friendly” state. In fact, it promotes the concept as the “No. 1 state to do business” as publicly as possible. Thus, when powerful organizations popular with Georgia’s governing majority party announce opposition to a proposed merger, it is worth some time understanding why.
An Indiana company would hold a stake in two of the three managed-care companies serving Arkansas Medicaid recipients with costly health needs under an acquisition awaiting approval by the Arkansas Insurance Department.
Amazon’s foray into the healthcare market may have just hit a roadblock, thanks to a company partly owned by pharmacy rivals, including CVS. The e-commerce giant had a deal with a company called ReMy Health to access data collected by another company – Surescripts. However, the latter has terminated its contract with the former.
When Donna Hernandez had the flu last year, she went to her local emergency room in New Mexico, where she received two IV bags of saline, a dose of antiviral medication and a drug to help with her nausea. She says after about two and a half hours, she was on her way. Hernandez recovered from the flu, but still hasn't recovered from the shock of the bill she received afterward. It was for more than $6,000.
A measure of underlying U.S. inflation accelerated by more than forecast to a one-year high in August, signaling inflation was already firming ahead of fresh tariffs on Chinese goods this month that may push prices higher for Americans. The core consumer price index, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.3% from the prior month and was up 2.4% from a year earlier, a Labor Department report showed Thursday.