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Oklahoma sees one of biggest health care cost spikes
16 Jun 2025 23:55 GMT
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– Health care costs in Oklahoma rose 26.6% between 2019 … .S. this decade, and Oklahoma has shouldered one of the … plan or public program like Medicare or Medicaid.
To determine where … Oklahoma 10th highest for the average price of Lipitor – a prescription drug …
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State Drug Transparency Laws - 2025 Update
03 Jun 2025 21:12 GMT
… with the updated Medicare Part D threshold. Drugs introduced before Jan … Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, and Oklahoma, proposed price transparency legislation has … Services, Compliance Actions – Prescription Drug Price Disclosure Program, Current …
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Tackling America’s High Drug Prices
31 May 2025 05:06 GMT
… of its total drug spending on medications released in that … chain. Recent litigation involving Oklahoma’s defense of its authority … . Rodwin argues that Medicare’s drug price negotiation authority under … for the first ten drugs selected. Medicare spent $97.4 …
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STAT+: Solicitor general urges Supreme Court not to review an Oklahoma law for regulating PBMs
30 May 2025 07:03 GMT
… down key parts of an Oklahoma law regulating the retail networks … business practices were raising prescription drug costs for consumers and … the law and objected to Oklahoma’s attempt to “interfere” … Income Security Act and the Medicare Part D program.
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Controversial changes to drug pricing program are progressing through state legislatures
12 May 2025 20:39 GMT
… Act, prohibiting drug distributors from denying CEs access to 340B drugs. North … of this provision.
The Oklahoma Senate voted 40-5 on … measure was returned to the Oklahoma House for final proof … adjustments that would align the Medicare payment with the cost …
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BCBS requires prior approval for specific asthma drugs in five states
02 May 2025 02:09 GMT
… must self-administer their medications at home unless prior … Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Montana, excluding those under Medicare or … of its members.
The medications involved in this policy … Hospital in Missouri, these drugs are typically prescribed to …
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BCBS Oklahoma has new requirements for some asthma medications
17 Apr 2025 22:20 GMT
… , Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Montana, but not those with Medicare or … they want to get the medication in the clinic, I want … the drugs are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration …
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Blue Cross Blue Shield now requires prior approval for severe asthma drugs in some states
16 Apr 2025 21:50 GMT
… asthma patients self-administer their drugs at home, unless their … Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Montana, but not those with Medicare or … they want to get the medication in the clinic, I want … the drugs are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration …
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Blue Cross Blue Shield now requires Oklahomans receive prior approval for severe asthma drugs
16 Apr 2025 15:35 GMT
… asthma patients self-administer their drugs at home, unless their … Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Montana, but not those with Medicare or … they want to get the medication in the clinic, I want … the drugs are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration …
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Healthcare & Life Sciences Drug Pricing Digest - April 2025
08 Apr 2025 17:32 GMT
… continue to support the Medicare drug price negotiation program under … D to develop additional medications or could lower prices … group of 15 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations … North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Other …