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Hearing set to consider penalties for pharmaceutical company over Arkansas law
05 May 2024 07:32 GMT
… 340B drug pricing for an Arkansas-based community pharmacy that receives drugs purchased … discounted medications to uninsured patients and to patients covered by Medicare.
HSRA …
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Medicare Beneficiaries with Stage 3 and Stage 4 Decubitus Ulcers
23 Apr 2024 18:18 GMT
… wound care (28%), intravenous medication infusions (28%)” … Ross C … Washington that is killing Medicare beneficiaries because the patients … far as New Orleans, Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi. Dr … , “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are denying coverage …
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Former U.S. senator and Arkansas governor David Pryor is dead at 89
20 Apr 2024 17:25 GMT
… the cost of prescription drugs, and to improve nursing … occurred while the country, including Arkansas, rebelled against “McCarthyism,” … spiral of drug prices; it would have allowed Medicare and … would be charged to Medicare and Medicaid patients. The …
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PhRMA Loses Another Legal Battle as Court Sides with Arkansas Over Drug Discount Program
14 Mar 2024 15:25 GMT
… to dispense the 340B drugs. In response, Arkansas in 2021 passed … as by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
The … government and the industry regarding drug pricing. At the center … Act’s Drug Price Negotiation Program, which empowers Medicare to negotiate …
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As Big Pharma tries to block low-cost drug program, states push back | Guest Commentary
09 Apr 2024 12:03 GMT
… income Americans.
The 340B Drug Pricing Program lets some … who participate in Medicaid and Medicare.
The program, which … drugs to patients able to pay the full price for covered medications … states are fighting back.
Arkansas and Louisiana have enacted laws …
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Woodward: Some states push back on blocking low-cost drug program
09 Apr 2024 00:20 GMT
… income Americans.
The 340B Drug Pricing Program lets some … class communities, buy outpatient drugs at discounted prices from … who participate in Medicaid and Medicare.
The program, which … states are fighting back.
Arkansas and Louisiana have enacted laws …
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STAT+: AstraZeneca sues Arkansas over the role of pharmacies in a federal discount drug program
27 Mar 2024 13:37 GMT
AstraZeneca filed a lawsuit seeking to block an Arkansas law that requires the company to ship its medicines to any pharmacy working with hospitals participating in a controversial federal discount program. The move comes less than a month after a U.S. …
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Medicare Advantage plans come with advantages, pitfalls
19 Mar 2024 00:12 GMT
… B. Congress added a prescription drug benefit called Part D in … being the most dominant Medicare Advantage plan in Arkansas with 36% of … abusive practices occurring with Medicare Advantage plans in Arkansas, the squawking will …
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Thousands of Wisconsinites Risk Muscle Mass Loss with New Weight loss Drugs, Warns Expert
12 Mar 2024 18:39 GMT
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5. Rhode Island: 90
6. Arkansas: 90
7. Alabama: 85
8 … many insurance plans, including Medicare, not covering obesity medications, patients are frequently … be prohibitively expensive.
Furthermore, the drugs are not commonly stocked in …
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Boozman Secures Funding for Fort Smith Future Pilot Training Center & Arkansas Priorities President Signs Package into Law
11 Mar 2024 15:28 GMT
… million for the Food and Drug Administration’s research promoting … for the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Arkansas (UAMS) Digital Interventions … information to Arkansas law enforcement agencies.
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Increases the Medicare Physician …