Author: Peter

States not expanding Medicaid include Florida, Maine, Texas, and Wisconsin. One sticking point cited by opponents of expansion is the Department of Health and Human Services policy not to require enrollees to be actively seeking employment. HHS...nudge reluctant states, allowing them to use Medicaid funds to pay for private insurance and require some enrollees to make health insurance premium payments.

More than 6.2 million New Yorkers are now enrolled, almost one-third of its 19 million people...The exchange, which was designed to connect uninsured New Yorkers with commercial policies, had the effect of bringing a larger number of low-income residents to the government-funded program.

An $8.4 million settlement has been reached with..Blanding Health Mart Pharmacy following an investigation of knowingly billing the government for improper and medically unnecessary customizing of pain prescriptions,..

European regulators have approved Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Evotaz for the treatment of … HIV-1…once-daily therapy combines atazanavir,.. and cobicistat,.. there are 2.2 million HIV-infected individuals in the E.U. …those who are not resistant to protease inhibitors, Evotaz represents an important new treatment option that may help them attain and retain virologic suppression.

France’s AB Science has received a warning letter from the US FDA for its failure to adhere to agency regulations and to protect trial subjects’ safety in a pancreatic cancer study...

active pharmaceutical ingredient firms that invest in waste management find it hard to compete with those that pollute according to DSM Sinochem, which wants environmental criteria included in good manufacturing practice standards...some third party API suppliers in India and China are furthering the spread of antibiotic resistant superbugs by failing to treat waste water...

Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency Board of Director Wes Chapman, RPh, joins the show to talk about the fight for transparency in pharmacy benefit management and to discuss the freedom patients deserve to use any pharmacy they wish without manipulating costs or co-pays in favor of a specific pharmacy or network. (audio presentation)

More than a dozen states that opted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act have seen enrollments surge way beyond projections, raising concerns that the added costs will strain their budgets when federal aid is scaled back starting in two years.

Don Versluys was accused of taking cash payments from customers instead of filing to insurance. He received a $10,000 civil fine, a six-month suspension of his pharmacy license, and three years of probation. He is also permanently restricted from owning a pharmacy or acting as a pharmacist-in-chief...

1. Nexavar - approved for differentiated thyroid carcinoma
2. Adempas - treat pulmonary arterial hypertension
3. Entyvio - treatment of moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease
4. Innohep - treatment of venous thrombo-embolism
5. Zevtera - treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia