News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 11, 2019
Lawmakers on both sides of aisle grill insulin manufacturers, PBM leaders on the high cost of insulin.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 6, 2019
WASHINGTON – Commission members gravitated toward a policy option that would restructure the catastrophic benefit under the Medicare Part D program...
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 5, 2019
“We continue to emphasize these topics because they are so critical to the well-being of millions of Americans living with rheumatic diseases, some...
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 3, 2019
The new patient assistance program would cap out-of-pocket costs for a 30-day supply of insulin at $25.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 3, 2019
WASHINGTON – Interoperability going forward means putting the power in the hands of the patients, according to the government’s top health data off...
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 3, 2019
WASHINGTON – Money for such incentives could be taken from the MIPS program.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: April 2, 2019
WASHINGTON – Reforms are needed across the insulin supply chain to resolve the negative impacts of price spiking.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: March 28, 2019
Key among the proposed changes is the addition of breast density information to notices for both patients and doctors.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: March 26, 2019
By not taking action, the Justice department allows a ruling to stand that effectively renders the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: March 25, 2019
Overall, 93% of participants got some kind of pay bump for 2017.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: March 25, 2019
Women accounted for 46 of the 397 most highly productive radiation oncologists in a facility-based setting and collected a mean of $33,206 less tha...
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: March 20, 2019
The reference pricing policy would set a maximum payment rate for a group of drugs with similar health effects based on the minimum, median, or oth...
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: March 19, 2019
The rewards program offered $25-$500 for making lower-cost choices across 131 elective services.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: March 5, 2019
Scott Gottlieb, MD, will be stepping down from his post as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration in about a month.
News
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Publish date: February 28, 2019
Federal health leaders stressed the safety of measles vaccines and warned that misinformation is among the factors keeping more children from being...
