State Medicaid programs spent $329 million more than necessary by allowing certain prescriptions for brand-name drugs to be filled instead of generics in 2009, a conservative think tank said this week.
Drug shortages take toll on providers, residents
Mar 29, 2011
Nine in 10 providers encountered prescription drug shortages in the second half of 2010, according to a survey by Premier Healthcare Alliance. Fully 80% of respondents indicated that the shortages caused...
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...
Researchers: Alzheimer’s might start in the liver
Mar 07, 2011
The brain “plaques” commonly associated with Alzheimer’s disease might actually originate in the liver, according to a startling new discovery by scientists at Scripps Research Institute.
… and Health Care REIT purchases Genesis facilities for $2.4 billion
Mar 01, 2011
Health Care REIT said Monday that it would be buying virtually all of the real estate assets of privately owned Genesis Healthcare for $2.4 billion. The real estate investment trust will be acquiring 147...
Big wound treatment in a small package
By
John O'Connor
Mar 01, 2011
An inexpensive nanometer-sized drug that can treat foot ulcers and other chronic wounds has been developed by a group of scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard Medical School and others...
President’s budget proposal cuts Medicaid payments to providers by $28.8 billion over 10 years
Feb 15, 2011
President Obama released his $3.7 trillion budget for FY 2012 Monday, and it would lower Medicaid payments to healthcare providers by $28.8 billion over 10 years.
Smart Money
By
William C. Fisher
Feb 01, 2011
President, Investment Advisory Group LLC
New short-cycle law: Is it worth the pain?
By
John Andrews
Feb 01, 2011
Long-term care pharmacists will have to adjust to shorter dispensation cycles
Genesis Health System selects Orion for facilities
Dec 22, 2010
Genesis Health System has selected the Orion Health Rhapsody Integration Engine. The platform will be used to migrate, manage, and streamline message exchange between 75 clinical and business systems,...