The second annual Louisville Innovation Summit takes place Tuesday and Wednesday with a gathering of 500 executives and entrepreneurs focusing on the future of aging care. More than 40 speakers and 15...
Bush orders drug plans to keep co-pays to $5 or less for dual eligibles
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Haymarket Media
Jan 17, 2006
President Bush this week instructed prescription drug plans to provide a 30-day supply of any drug that a Medicare beneficiary was taking before the start of the prescription drug benefit on Jan. 1. He...
Medicaid savings possible with WHO essential medication list, study reveals
Jun 21, 2011
State Medicaid programs could lower costs by consulting the World Health Organization’s concept of “essential medicines” when determining which drugs to offer beneficiaries, a new study...
Government tells states they’ll pay $700 million less in clawbacks in 2006
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Haymarket Media
Feb 14, 2006
States could pay the government roughly $700 million less than anticipated this year in clawback payments, Michael Leavitt, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said. This disclosure...
More health cases emerge involving new superbug
Sep 16, 2010
A superbug traced to India that has caused widespread alarm continues to pose a health treat.
The road more taken
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2014
Conventional wisdom can be a reassuring thing. But sometimes it can be flat-out wrong. Consider 94-year-old Olga Kotelko.
Lung cancer mutation test approved
May 29, 2013
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given premarket approval to the cobas® EGFR Mutation Test from Roche Molecular Systems, creating a possible future option for metastatic lung cancer patients.
Governors eye block grants as way to cut Medicaid costs
By
John O'Connor
Jul 01, 2011
House Republicans would like to see Medicaid outlays trimmed dramatically. And they are hardly alone.
Pharmacists push for study before implementing short-cycle dispensing rule
Mar 23, 2011
The National Community Pharmacists Association on Tuesday called for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to collect additional data before implementing a rule that would shorten the medication...
Medicare tops to-do list for lawmakers
Jan 14, 2008
Legislators are planning to resume discussions about Medicare after passing slimmed-down legislation on this program before the winter recess.