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Cost of diabetes care has nearly doubled in six years

October 29, 2008 — 9:45am ET | By Anne Zieger
Over the course of the last six years, the cost of diabetes medicine in the U.S. has nearly doubled, from $6.7 billion in 2001 to $12.5 billion in 2007, according to a new study that appeared in the... Read more...

PacifiCare restores canceled policies

June 20, 2008 — 11:51am ET | By Anne Zieger
Health plan PacifiCare of California has agreed to restore coverage to consumers whose individual policies, the state says, were canceled unfairly. Under the terms of its agreement with state's... Read more...

Study: Wellness programs common despite lack of savings

June 5, 2008 — 6:59am ET
According to a new study, health and wellness initiatives seem to be a matter of faith among big employers. According to research by the Center for Studying Health System Change, many employers are... Read more...

CA hospital agrees to $1M patient dumping settlement

June 2, 2008 — 6:59am ET
One of several Los Angeles hospitals caught up in a patient-dumping scandal has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it dumped a paraplegic man on the city's Skid Row in a hospital gown... Read more...

FTC: Pharmas cut 14 deals to delay generic sales in '07

May 27, 2008 — 6:59am ET
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...

Merck agrees to $58M settlement on Vioxx ads

May 21, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Merck has agreed to a $58 million settlement with 29 states and the District of Columbia to settle allegations that it downplayed heart risks created by Vioxx in direct-to-consumer advertising. Under... Read more...

Study: Care at safety net hospitals lagging

May 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Care at safety net hospitals is of significantly lower quality than hospitals that don't serve the poor and underserved, according to a new study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical... Read more...

Study: Acute shortage of adult primary care MDs coming

May 1, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A new study appearing in the journal Health Affairs attaches some numbers to a problem we all see coming--the growing U.S. shortage of primary care physicians. According to the study, by 2025 the... Read more...

Hospitals requiring upfront cash payments

April 29, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Of late, a growing number of hospitals--including not-for-profits--have been insisting on cash payments before they offer services to non-emergency patients. While it may not generate the best PR,... Read more...

Healthcare industry top spender on federal lobbying in '07

April 16, 2008 — 6:59am ET
It's good to get attention from federal legislators, but it's going to cost you. That's no mystery to some key healthcare groups, who collectively spent $445 million on federal lobbying during 2007,... Read more...
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