Bill Proposed to Expand Medication Therapy Management
A new law is being proposed that would allow Medicare patients who have a chronic condition to review all their medications in one-on-one sessions with pharmacists, helping them to stick to their drug regimen.
GOP Governors Demand More Exchange Flexibility
Twenty-one Republican governors signed a letter sent in February to U.S.Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking for more flexibility for states as they put together their own health exchanges.
More Legislation Introduced to Ban Specialty Tiers in States
The introduction of legislation to ensure access by patients to high-cost therapies continues to increase throughout the country.
Federal Government Proposes Healthcare Cuts
As of April 2011, many cuts to healthcare spending are being proposed and expected.
Medical Tort Reform Legislation Proposed
The House Judiciary Committee is working to pass medical tort reform legislation.
Hospital Outpatient Reimbursement Increased for 2011
In August 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed to change the reimbursement rate of separately payable, non-pass-through drugs and biologicals.
Massachusetts Moves Forward to Implement ACOs
In Massachusetts, a panel of state officials and healthcare executives moved toward global payments by drafting a first-in-the-nation blueprint for scrapping current fee-forservice payments.
An Update on Specialty Drug Tiers
Specialty medications costing more than $600 per year are now classified under two new tiers of Medicare Part D drug benefit plan.
Healthcare Reform 2010: Federal and State Updates
Many questions remain unanswered about the healthcare reform recently enacted into law, but here’s what we do know.
FDA and EMEA Launch Good Clinical Practices Initiative
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency has launched a bilateral Good Clinical Practices Initiative, designed to ensure that clinical trials submitted in drug marketing applications in the United States and Europe are conducted uniformly, appropriately and ethically.