California Lawmakers Consider Requiring Rx Label Translations
California Healthline, Thursday, May 7, 2015
The California Assembly is considering a bill (AB 1073) that would require pharmacists to provide multi-lingual prescription drug labels and instructions when requested by patients,
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Drug Costs, Restrictions Get Hearing
by Rebecca Vesely, California Healthline Contributing Reporter, California Healthline, Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Specialty pharmaceuticals took the stage at the Assembly Committee on Health yesterday with discussion -- and approval --
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CMS Makes Medicare Rx Spending Data Available on Public Website
iHealthBeat, Friday, May 1, 2015
On Thursday, CMS posted data on a public website covering about $103 billion in Medicare prescription drug spending in 2013, in the most-detailed breakdown of such
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Jones Urges Covered California To Lower Specialty Rx Drug Price Cap
California Healthline, Thursday, April 16, 2015
On Wednesday, Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones (D) urged Covered California to adopt a lower specialty prescription drug price cap for its 2016 health plans, arguing
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New HIV Treatment Guidelines Released- Out With The Old Guard
On April 8th, 2015 the new Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) HIV Treatment Guidelines were released.
There are several major changes to the guidelines and some of the biggest
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Covered California Proposes Specialty Rx Price Caps for 2016
California Healthline, Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Last week, Covered California officials proposed a cap on specialty prescription drug costs for consumers who purchase 2016 health plans, Capital Public Radio's "KXJZ News"
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