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CT sues McKesson for allegedly inflating drug prices
The Connecticut attorney general's office is suing pharmaceutical distributor McKesson Corp., contending that it's been illegally inflating the average wholesale price of more than 400 brand-name Read more...
Coalition files suit to block CA Medi-Cal cuts
Nobody's happy when the state cuts reimbursement rates for a program that already doesn't pay so well. But when California threatened to cut rates 10 percent for Medi-Cal, its program for the poor, a Read more...
Airport clinics, pharmacies become more common
Increasingly, pharmacies and clinics are opening at U.S. airports, hoping to catch travelers with last-minute health needs who don't have time to leave the terminal. And with airports hungering for Read more...
Walgreen goes into work-site clinic business
Pharmacy giant Walgreen Co. has said that it will buy two companies that operate work-site health centers, creating a new division to manage health centers and pharmacies at large companies. Read more...
WI database tracks painkiller prescriptions
A Wisconsin county has taken steps to establish a database allowing area doctors to determine whether a patient has been "doctor shopping" to obtain multiple prescriptions of painkillers. Doctors Read more...
WA attempts prescription data mining ban
So far, states have been facing vigorous industry opposition to proposed limits collecting physician prescription data, but that hasn't stopped Washington state from making its own attempt. Lawmakers Read more...
HHS: Medicare pharmacy pay lower than Medicaid
A new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General has given pharmacies ammunition in their fight for better reimbursement under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. According to the report, Read more...
Retail clinics go from concept to reality
Ah, retail clinics. They've generated a lot of heat over the past year, largely Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Eldercare costs twice as high as expected; CT AG investigates Health Net; and much more...
> A recent study concludes that consumer out-of-pocket costs for eldercare are double what had previously been estimated. Read more...
Wal-Mart as healthcare destination
About a year ago I suggested, half tongue-in-cheek, that Wal-Mart might want to go into the business of Read more...
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