Sometimes IV bags are hard for hospitals to come by. Other times it’s injectable folic acid to treat anemias. Right now, the tissue-numbing agent lidocaine is in
Medicare recipients filled fewer prescriptions for pricey brand-name drugs — but spent more on such meds anyway, says a government report released Monday. It
There are few more brazen examples of healthcare practices that put industry profits ahead of patient interests than hawking prescription drugs in cheerful, 60-second
Workers’ compensation payers saw an average 11 percent reduction in their pharmacy spend in 2016, driven by a 13.3 percent reduction in opioid cost, according
Self-insured employers and benefits professionals are facing a crisis. Each year, they see prescription drug spending increase at alarming rates. According to Conduent’s annual survey, 55
The pharmaceutical company says that the $4,500 list price is for insurers, and that those with commercial insurance will be able to receive the
The PBM industry emerged in response to a wave of expensive new blockbuster drugs that began to come to market in the 1990s. Before then,
A new set of voluntary state guidelines encourages physicians to be judicious when prescribing painkillers, Gov. Tom Wolf and top state health officials said Tuesday.
