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Disruptions in production, safety recalls, difficulties finding key raw ingredients, shifts in demand and decisions to discontinue certain products are just some of the reasons pharmaceutical makers give for not having enough supply. With early warning, the FDA can make arrangements with other manufacturing plants, streamline regulations and assist drugmakers ...

Organizational drive to reduce costs can create conflicts with care decisions. Healthcare leaders who want support from their physicians must step up efforts to involve them in key decisions, "No longer can administrators rely on support for decisions in which the physicians had no real input,"..

Providers are hoping that the CMS will change course on quality-measure reporting requirements outlined in a proposed 2016 prospective payment rule for acute and long-term-care hospitals….the suggested quality measures lack endorsement by the National Quality Forum,…the gold standard for endorsing best practices…

Sandra Leal, Vice President for Innovation at SinfoniaRx explains the important of provider status in value-based care.

For the past five years, iVantage Health Analytics has been compiling an annual list of the top 100 critical access hospitals in America. Just 16 facilities have made it onto the list every year of the survey.

Insurers use consultants and software to root out additional diagnoses, making patients seem sicker than they are. Medicare Advantage plans could have a problem with risk scores that are manipulated by insurers to get a higher reimbursement,…says inflated risk scores cost Medicare $2 billion in 2014. Although this may not classify as outright fraud..

It’s not uncommon for medical records to contain errors, says Trisha Torrey,...recommends that all patients take the time to closely examine their medical records.

California lawmakers have passed a bill that prevents medical marijuana users from being denied organ transplants just because they use pot….bill would help medical marijuana users access organ transplants by prohibiting a hospital or doctor from disqualifying a person solely because of medical marijuana use.

…the Healthcare Financial Management Association has released an update of "Understanding Healthcare Prices: A Consumer Guide."….it does not even come close to providing the assistance patients require in navigating their healthcare options and understanding how much it costs. Instead, it.. details the myriad obstacles that exist to obtaining clear prices for healthcare services.

.....India is a prominent player in today’s global pharmaceutical arena and is a major contributor to the world’s supply of medicines.....affordable drugs such as those manufactured by Indian generics companies has had a critical impact on public health at a global level.