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CMS Releases MA and Part D Landscape Information for 2017
On September 22, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced information on premiums and costs for…
2016 The Year of Pharmacy Enforcement
For some time now, both the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") have…
Pharmacy Benefit Managers Begin to Cut Ties With Specialty Pharmacies
Specialty pharmacies have been around since the 1970s, when they started to pop up to deliver products that required…
States Target Compounding Pharmacies over Claims to Military Health Program
Federal prosecutors in at least four states – Florida, California, Texas, and Mississippi – are ramping up…
Both Houses of Congress Investigating Prescription Drug Prices
There have been numerous media reports referencing dramatic drug price increases after the acquisition or merger of…
AstraZeneca Pays $7.9 Million To Resolve Kickback Allegations Related to…
AstraZeneca last week settled with the Department of Justice over allegedly offering kickbacks to Medco Health…
DEA Places Heavy Restrictions on Vicodin and Other Hydrocodone Combination…
On Friday, August 22, the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published their Final Rule moving hydrocodone…
Nearly Half of US Physicians Restrict Access by Manufacturer Sales Reps –…
With the Physician Payment Sunshine Act in full effect, the challenges that pharmaceutical sales representatives will…
CBO Report: Improved Patient Adherence Benefits Medicare
Prescription medicines help people avoid the disability and death caused by disease, and help lower overall treatment costs. In…
CVD Death Rates Amongst Diabetics Declined 40% Over 10 Years
A recent study published in Diabetes Care, a journal from the American Diabetes Association (ADA), sought to determine whether…