June 21, 20180Comments

California Poised To Expand Access To Hepatitis C Drugs

Pauline Bartolone, California Healthline Patrick Garcia wasn’t completely surprised when he learned recently he had hepatitis C. Until a few years ago, he had experimented with numerous drugs, injecting heroin, methamphetamine,

April 10, 20180Comments

Former California State Contractor Sued Over Breach Of HIV Patient Privacy

Anna Gorman A security breach by a private company that contracted with California’s public health department inadvertently allowed unauthorized access to the HIV status of 93 people, according to a lawsuit

October 20, 20170Comments

A Few Pointers To Help Save Money And Avoid The Strain Of Medicare Enrollment

By Susan Jaffe Older or disabled Americans with Medicare coverage have probably noticed an uptick in mail solicitations from health insurance companies, which can mean only one thing: It’s time

October 20, 20170Comments

Scary Monsters Lurking Everywhere

Halloween is upon us and the Monster Mash begins In pharmacy the Monsters are lurking everywhere, the dreaded PBM’s, Mail Order Pharmacies, Specialty Pharmacies, Part D Preferred Networks, DIR Fees, Unfair

October 14, 20170Comments

Trump Acting Solo: What You Need To Know About Changes To The Health Law

By Julie Rovner and Mary Agnes Carey and Julie Appleby October 13, 2017 Apparently frustrated by Congress’ inability to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump this week

October 10, 20170Comments

Patients, Health Insurers Challenge Iowa’s Privatized Medicaid

By Clay Masters, Iowa Public Radio Iowa is one of 38 states that radically changed the way it runs Medicaid over the past few years. The state moved about 600,000

October 2, 20170Comments

Do Pharma’s Claims On Drug Prices Pass The Smell Test? We Found 5 Stinkers.

By Jay Hancock October 2, 2017 Drug companies launched an ad and publicity extravaganza this year right after President-elect Donald Trump said they “are getting away with murder” on sky-high pill

September 29, 20170Comments

Absent Federal Action, States Take The Lead On Curbing Drug Costs

By Shefali Luthra September 29, 2017 , Kaiser Health News Updated, 12:26 p.m. This story was updated to reflect that a federal judge rejected a request to block the Maryland law

September 28, 20170Comments

MichRx Consulting Research in Managed Healthcare Connect

Michelle Sherman, President of MichRx Pharmacist Consulting Services, Inc. was pleased to present research in the form of a poster at #NASP2017 #NASPAnnual conference in Washington DC last week. The research

July 15, 20170Comments

Senate Health Bill Still Short On ‘Yays’ But Leaders Vow Vote Next Week

By Julie Rovner July 13, 2017 Senate Republican leaders Thursday released their revised bill to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, but they acknowledged that furious days of negotiation have not

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