A federal grand jury in Las Vegas returned an indictment last week charging a healthcare staffing executive with conspiring to fix the wages of Las Vegas nurses – and then fraudulently concealing that conspiracy, and the government’s investigation so t…
Salt Lake City-based Select Health and its pharmacy benefits manager Scripius will be one of the first health plans in the U.S. to provide member access to Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, meaning members will have direct access to the prescription d…
The lack of commercial coverage for digitally enabled care is a roadblock to affordable access to these medical services, according to the American Medical Association.
The model of integrating digitally enabled care with in-person care is not yet real…
Almost everyone 65 and older has received marketing related to Medicare, but some have reported experiences with Medicare marketing that violate federal rules, including marketers asking for Social Security or Medicare numbers outside the enrollment pr…
Two commercial health plans achieved a 5-star rating – doubling the amount from 2022 – according to the new 2023 H
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a Non-prescription Drug Advisory Committee meeting last week to discuss the effectiveness of oral phenylephrine as an active ingredient in over-the-counter cough and cold products that are indicated for the te…
Ahead of a hearing on pharmacy benefit managers before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Tuesday, PhRMA released Nephron Research that contends PBMs are driving up profits and drug prices through
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a policy statement warning pharmaceutical companies that make and sell brand-name drugs that they could face legal action if they improperly list patents in the FDA’s catalog of “Approved Drug Products with Thera…
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When common medical procedures are performed in a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) rather than a doctor’s office, costs are substantially higher, according to a national analysis of tens of millions of claims.
