Step Therapy Can Be Life-Threatening for Mental Health Patients
Senate Bill 341 (SB 341) requiring step therapy for Kansas Medicaid recipients is being met with strong opposition from those…
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CDC Encourages New HPV Vaccine To Prevent Cancer
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated the childhood immunization schedule regarding the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.…
Health Insurer & Pharmaceutical Company Collaborate To Address High Drug Costs
In order to solve the dilemma of rising prescription drug costs, a health insurer and a pharmaceutical company recently announced…
Insurers Should Not Ration Hepatitis C Drugs Based on Cost
Two Washington state health insurers have been identified in a lawsuit for unfairly rationing new hepatitis C drugs based on…
Hard Drives with Patient Data Go Missing
When a health insurer lost computer hard drives with 950,000 patients’ personal information, the data breach affected as many as…
Pediatricians Recommend Depression, Cholesterol, & HIV Testing
The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that patients aged 11 and older be screened for depression, patients between ages…
Liquid Biopsies Hold Promise in Treating Prostate Cancer
Several types of liquid biopsy tests are currently in the works. These tests check for cancer in blood, which is…
The Fla. Patient Stability Act Offers Essential Protections from Risky Drug Swapping
“Nonmedical switching” is a cost-cutting measure used by insurers whereby stable patients are forced to switch their current medications to…
New CDC Guidelines Aimed To Reduce Superbugs Caused by Antibiotics
The American College of Physicians and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released joint guidelines calling for…
Mo. Bills Aims To Prevent Redundant Step Therapy
Missouri House Speaker Pro Tem, Denny Hoskins has proposed a health bill specifically designed to prevent patients from having to…