Drug Prices
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today approved legislation that would prohibit Medicare and private health plans from restricting a pharmacist鈥檚 ability to inform enrollees when a drug would cost less without using their insurance.
Several hospitals and health systems today officially established Civica Rx 鈥 a new not-for-profit generic drug company that will help patients by addressing shortages and high prices of lifesaving medications.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) released yet another 鈥渞eport鈥 in an obvious attempt to divert attention away from a problem of their own making: skyrocketing drug prices.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Aug. 29 announced that beginning in 2020 it will allow Medicare Part D plans to vary the formulary placement of a drug based on what condition the drug may treat.
The AHA today expressed support for and urged all senators to support an amendment to the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill that would help address the out-of-control cost of prescription drugs.
The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing, of which the AHA is a founding member, today joined more than a dozen other health organizations in urging the Food and Drug Administration to finalize guidance critical to increasing competition in the biologics marketplace and expanding access to more鈥
In 2016, the difference between the amount that the Medicare drug benefit program reported spending on 29 brand-name combination medications and the estimated spending for generic constituents for the same number of doses was $925 million.
House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders yesterday sent letters to nine contract pharmacies that participate in the 340B drug savings program requesting information about their participation in the program.
In a blog post today, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels takes issue with a recent Axios article comparing hospital prices to drug prices.
Comparing hospital prices to drug prices is absurd. And although the article claims to be about prices, the chart actually shows National Health Expenditure (NHE) spending numbers, not prices.