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Covid-19
Scientists Seek COVID Treatment Answers in Cheap, Older DrugsA $10, two-week course of fluvoxamine could reduce death and hospitalizations.
Clinical Care
N.Y. Physician Charged With Second-degree Murder for Opioid Prescribing PracticesAccording to the grand jury indictment, Blatti met with patients in his car and prescribed medications without a medical examination...
Strategy
AHA Raps 'White Bagging,' 'Brown Bagging' Drug PoliciesHospitals say the drug policies serve no purpose other than enriching payers through their PBMs and pharmacy business lines.
Strategy
As Drug Prices Keep Rising, State Lawmakers Propose Tough New Bills to Curb ThemDemocratic legislators in three states introduced bills that would slap an 80% tax on the drug price increases that ICER...
Innovation
PBM Pilots Digital Health Solution to Improve Medication AdherenceConcept uses AI and daily financial incentives to improve health outcomes by inducing permanent behavioral change related to medication habits....
Strategy
Drug Rebate Rule Deadline Pushed Back 60 DaysThe delay is part of a larger move by the Biden administration to freeze for 60 days many of the...
Strategy
U.S. Prescription Drugs Cost Highest in the World, By FarA RAND study shows the gap is even wider for brand-name drugs, with U.S. prices averaging 3.44 times those of...
Clinical Care
Improving Medication AdherenceStarting with basic needs to improve chronic conditions during COVID-19 and beyond.
Strategy
San Francisco Wrestles With Drug Approach as Death and Chaos Engulf TenderloinSan Francisco is on track to lose an average of nearly two people a day to drugs in 2020, compared...
Clinical Care
Seniors Face Crushing Drug Costs as Congress Stalls on Capping Medicare Out-Of-PocketsThe affordability problem is worsened by soaring list prices for many specialty drugs used to treat cancer and other serious...
Finance
CMS Final Rules Cut 340B, OPPS as Hospitals CarpThe new final rules did not sit well with providers, who complained that the cuts are coming at a critical...
Finance
Pharmaceutical Payments to Physicians Associated with Increased PrescribingThe research indicated that the findings were "consistent across all studies," adding that the pharmaceutical-physician association caused doctors to prescribe...