How companies are shaking up how we pay for old drugs
Starting today, prostate cancer patients taking a prescription drug called abiraterone will pay what could be thousands of dollars less a month for a generic version from a company called CivicaScript. .....
Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Strongly Supports the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2022
House Markup of Prior Authorization Relief Bill a Good Step in Protecting Seniors’ Timely Access to Care The Community Oncology Alliance (COA) applauds the House Ways and Means Committee for passing the Improving Seniors’ .....
Drug pricing plan a ‘colossal disappointment, will reduce your access to medicine | Opinion
Federal lawmakers are at the plate again, ready to take a swing at prescription drug prices.
The trust-builder: a cancer center director’s try-it-all strategy for breaking the barriers between research and Black patients
RICHMOND, Va. — The residents agreed: Nobody like Robert Winn — director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center — had ever visited the neighborhood before.
Patient safety advocate cheers CMS’ reversal on quality reporting, but hospitals say the data are no good
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has pulled back on plans to pause public reporting on certain hospital safety data in the wake of pushback from patient safety advocates. .....
A Huge Amount of Data From Cancer Trials Remains Hidden, Researchers Warn
Data from more than half of cancer trials underpinning drug approvals remains inaccessible, according to a shocking new study that audited over 300 clinical trials backing anti-cancer medicines approved by the US drug regulator over the last 10 .....
Prior authorization from insurance companies often delays treatment for patients
As doctors, we do our best to spend time with patients and make medical decisions that are best for their health. These days, insurance companies are making it increasingly difficult to do both. .....
Manchin-Schumer Deal Has a New Hurdle: Kyrsten Sinema
Now that Senator Joe Manchin is on board with a $433 billion tax and climate bill, Democrats, Republicans and the private equity industry all are trying to suss out where Senator Kyrsten Sinema stands. .....
CMS finalizes 4.3% bump for hospital inpatient payments in 2023
The Biden administration finalized a 4.3% bump for inpatient payments for the federal fiscal year 2023, an increase compared to the 3.2% that was originally proposed back in April.
UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare deal trial has begun. Here are 3 things to know
The battle over UnitedHealth's acquisition of Change Healthcare is underway.
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