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Study: Drugs may do as well as an angioplasty
In many cases, people with chronic chest pain who aren't at great risk for a heart attack may do much better with drug treatment than an angioplasty, according to a new study. Angioplasty is still Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Revised study still finds that FDA approval rush may cause harm
Harvard University professor Daniel Carpenter has come out with a revised version of a study concluding that drugs moving too quickly through the FDA approval process are more likely to be linked to Read more...
NY Medicaid will stop paying for 'never events'
New York's Medicaid program has decided to stop reimbursing for avoidable hospital complications and medical errors it considers to be "never events." Starting in October, it won't pay for care Read more...
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> The FDA has begun investigating whether autoimmune drugs like Remicade and Humira are linked to childhood cancers. Read more...
Study: Hospitalized kids suffer too many infections
A new study released this week concludes that hospitalized children suffer a high rate of infections and other preventable complications that lead to longer stays and cost millions of dollars. The Read more...
FTC: Pharmas cut 14 deals to delay generic sales in '07
Makers of brand-name prescription drugs reached 14 agreements with makers of generic drugs to delay the generic drug makers entry into the market, according to a new report released by the Federal Read more...
ALSO NOTED: WellPoint exposes patient data; ED visits go up when OR trims Medicaid rolls; and much more...
> Security pros are lambasting WellPoint, which may have inadvertently allowed Web users to access data on 130,000 of its beneficiaries. Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: FDA can't manage foreign drugmaker inspections
A new report from the Government Accountability Office has concluded that the FDA doesn't have the resources to properly inspect foreign companies that manufacture drugs or drug ingredients. At Read more...
ALSO NOTED: FL hospitals spend $2.35B on uncompensated care; MN HMO gets $6 million bailout; and much more...
> Florida's hospitals have tagged their uncompensated care tab for 2006 at $2.35 billion. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Minn. health plans lose money; ASCs struggle with EMRs; and much more...
> Minnesota health plans lost money last year, which suggests that premiums will rise faster in coming years. Article > A Read more...
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