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AARP comes out with top hospitals list
Group forms to promote nursing shortage discussion
AARP investigated for false advertising of member insurance
Specialty biotech drugs prices rising
Coalition protests healthcare cuts in CA
Biotechs eager for FDA approval of biogeneric drugs
NY considers physician-ranking legislation
Fight continues over state limits on prescription data mining
NY bill would require pharmas to report MD gifts
Momentum seems to be building for a New York state bill which would require drug makers to report when they give doctors gifts valued at over $75. This week, a wide range of physician and consumer groups expressed support for the measure, including the AARP, National Physicians Alliance, Center for Medical Consumers and Consumer Reports publisher Consumers Union. The bill targets the $7 billion per year pharmas spend in physician gifts, which includes everything from meals, trips and …
... Read more...Health plans cut back on biologics payments
Managed care executives are understandably stressed by the cost of biologic drug treatments which, in extreme cases, can run as much as $100,000 per year. To address the problem, many plans are asking patients to pay larger percentages of the medications' cost. With some patients already spending hundreds of dollars a month, some are cutting back, and others can't afford to raise doses when necessary, physicians say. Other doctors have complained that health plans are using less-direct …
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