May 23, 2014
By David Charles, MD and Mary Ann Chapman, PhD If requiring biological medications to have unique names would help ensure…
May 20, 2014
Americans covered by a health insurance exchange plan may be paying out for prescription medications in a big way, a new study finds.
May 8, 2014
Patients with rare diseases still struggle to access the medicine they need, despite growing disease awareness and passage of the Affordable Care Act.
May 7, 2014
Health gained, not pounds lost should be the focus of conversations on obesity, says a new health initiative called My Healthy™.
May 5, 2014
Last week was World Immunization Week, an apt time for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to question a controversial proposal from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to reduce children’s pneumococcal vaccine schedule.
May 1, 2014
Co-insurance can be much more expensive than co-payments, and step therapy can turn your prescription medication regimen upside down.
April 30, 2014
Determining how an exchange-sold insurance plan covers your prescription medications may be harder than you’d expect, a new study reveals.
April 25, 2014
Participants in Thursday’s Medicare Today tele-town hall applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for rethinking a controversial proposal to limit patient access in Medicare Part D – but warned of policy battles to come.
April 21, 2014
UnitedHealthcare patients received welcome news this past week: the insurance provider has retracted its proposal to stop accepting co-pay assistance coupons.
April 10, 2014
At a Capitol Hill briefing Wednesday, the Alliance to Prevent the Abuse of Medicines (APAM) offered guidelines for U.S. policymakers who seek to curb prescription drug abuse.
