Pharmacy
The settlement is the “first and largest in the country secured by a state attorney general against a pharmacy benefit manager,” Ohio AG says.
The intent is to respond to the urgent need for antivirals by spurring the availability of medicines to prevent serious illness.
This week's top stories include Hims & Hers expanding beyond the U.S. market with the acquisition of British personalized health company Honest Health and the AHA asking Express Scripts to rescind its 340B claims reporting policy.
The judgement nixes HHS' motion and allows AstraZeneca's lawsuit to continue, with a judge saying the statute is open to interpretation.
The change, said Express Scripts, was made in the spirit of "greater transparency" and was not intended to alter reimbursement.
The first CivicaScript generic medicines will be available as early as 2022, through retail and mail-order pharmacies.
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Hospital executives were given a cost-benefit analysis of error avoidance with an estimated savings of $6 million a year.
Other recommendations include boosting local production; promoting research and development; and creating robust quality management maturity.
The health system is giving $10 million in community grants and offering incentives such as trips to theme parks and national parks.
"Methodist Hospital is forcing its employees to be human 'guinea pigs' as a condition for continued employment."