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New drugs saw ‘unprecedented’ spending growth in 2014

Posted on: 11/06/2015 - 16:48

Led by new treatments for hepatitis C, there was an “unprecedented $20.2 billion increase in spending” for new medicines in 2014, which was triple the 2013 level, according to a <a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Feds say that in screening colonoscopies, anesthesia comes with no charge

Posted on: 15/05/2015 - 16:48

Earlier this week the federal government clarified that insurers can’t charge people for anesthesia administered during a free colonoscopy to screen... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Class of 2015: New drugs projected to earn billions and billions

Posted on: 20/04/2015 - 19:43

Of all drugs to be released in 2015, the melanoma drug Opdivo (nivolumab) is expected to have the brightest future, according to a report from Thomson... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Class of 2015: New drugs projected to earn billions and billions

Posted on: 20/04/2015 - 19:43

Of all drugs to be released in 2015, the melanoma drug Opdivo (nivolumab) is expected to have the brightest future, according to a report from Thomson... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Penalties for high infection rates expected to be unfair

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 21:36

ORLANDO – Financial penalties designed to induce hospitals with high surgical site infection rates to improve this aspect of quality of care are lik... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Home-administered biologics for RA more common with Medicare Part D subsidies

Posted on: 25/03/2015 - 18:37

For Medicare beneficiaries with rheumatoid arthritis, out-of-pocket costs are closely linked to whether a patient is more likely to receive facility- ... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Apple’s ResearchKit

Posted on: 17/03/2015 - 13:49

Doctors have been conjecturing about how the new Apple Watch, with its spectacular fitness and wellness tracking features, will transform health care.... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Apple’s ResearchKit

Posted on: 17/03/2015 - 13:49

Doctors have been conjecturing about how the new Apple Watch, with its spectacular fitness and wellness tracking features, will transform health care.... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

House Dems endorse ACA special enrollment period for pregnancy

Posted on: 13/03/2015 - 13:16

A group of 55 House Democrats is endorsing an effort to add pregnancy to the list of qualifying life events that allow individuals to select or change... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

UnitedHealthcare requires prior authorization for many hysterectomies

Posted on: 05/03/2015 - 22:20

The health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare will soon require physicians to obtain prior authorization for hysterectomies, except vaginal hysterectomi... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

New drugs saw ‘unprecedented’ spending growth in 2014

Feds say that in screening colonoscopies, anesthesia comes with no charge

Class of 2015: New drugs projected to earn billions and billions

Class of 2015: New drugs projected to earn billions and billions

Penalties for high infection rates expected to be unfair

Home-administered biologics for RA more common with Medicare Part D subsidies

Apple’s ResearchKit

Apple’s ResearchKit

House Dems endorse ACA special enrollment period for pregnancy

UnitedHealthcare requires prior authorization for many hysterectomies

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