Loophole Lets Pharmacies Bill Govt. Twice
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A regulatory loophole is allowing some pharmacy companies to bill government health programs twice for the same drugs, according to whistleblower lawsuits challenging the payments.
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Some drug store customers in Binghamton, N.Y., are doing a double-take this week when they receive a bonus coupon after making a purchase...
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The Legislature is again considering a bill that would require health providers in Massachusetts to obtain a patient's consent before treating them with reprocessed medical devices and instruments that are designed to be used once. Senate Bill 1338, which is being pushed by the state's medical device industry, is scheduled to be heard by the joint legislative Committee on Public ...
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US drugs regulators made two trips to Capitol Hill last week to defend themselves before Congress. They are likely to return soon, after their efforts to reassure lawmakers and the public
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The government has given the go ahead for Internet-only pharmacies as part of a wider strategy to allow patients easier access to prescriptions and other pharmaceutical services.
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Patients will gain a better service from their local pharmacist as Government plans for a more flexible, modernised service moved a step further towards implementation, Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.
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Doctors who prescribe the drug and its generic equivalents, patients who take it and pharmacists who dispense it now will be registered in a central database.
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President BushÂs budget would more than double the co-payment charged to many veterans for prescription drugs.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed several bills on Thursday that would have made California the middleman in large-scale consumer purchases of prescription drugs.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- Web sites numerous states operate to help consumers easily compare pharmacy prices for prescription drugs often have missing, and sometimes outdated or inaccurate information, a nonpartisan health research group has found.
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TIJUANA, Mexico -- Californians shopping for cheaper prescription drugs may have gotten a break when the state Legislature voted to ease access to low-cost medicines from Canada, but south of the border, bargain-hunters can pay an unexpected, traumatic cost -- time in a Mexican jail.
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The Medicines Company reacquires its own drug.
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With yet more already-marketed medicines raising the ire of consumer advocates and regulators alike, momentum is building for reform of the governmentâs drug approval and monitoring procedures.
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President Bush on Saturday signed legislation that extends a popular children's health insurance program after twice vetoing attempts to expand it.
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President Bush vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have expanded government-provided health insurance for children, his second slap-down of a bipartisan effort in Congress to dramatically increase funding for the popular program
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The nation's pharmacy giants are taking measures to prevent people, especially young people, from using such common over-the-counter medications as cough syrups to get high.
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A measure to make the morning-after pill available free at state-run hospitals has generated complaints and challenges in the country.