Dallas, filed a bill this legislative session to prohibit insurance companies from requiring prior authorization before covering medications intended to prevent the ...

Lawmakers and providers need to step in before the program’s financial stability is threatened, Ron Williams, Diane Hansen, ...

Physicians have explained why their writing on prescription notes is mostly ineligible for readers, clarifying that bad handwriting isn’t peculiar to doctors alone. Though they acknowledged that most ...

By fostering a robust R&D environment, the industry aims to develop more effective and affordable treatments, which could eventually lower the cost of medications for patients. Affordability of ...

It is also the first test of New York’s shield law, which is meant to protect providers from out-of-state investigations and prosecutions for sending abortion pills to patients with strict restr ...

A "groundbreaking" £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use on the NHS, offering patients with severe sickle cell disease some hope of a cure. It is believed around 1,700 people could be ...

The changes will allow patients access to lower prices negotiated by Cigna's pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts. The U.S. pays more for prescription medicines than any other country ...

Xarelto is a brand name of the drug rivaroxaban. Medicare covers the cost of prescription medications, including Xarelto, under certain conditions. A person must be enrolled in a Medicare Part D ...

New data published today shows that 784 patients a day were in hospital with norovirus last week (week ending 19 January 2025), up from 650 the previous week. Levels ...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- With a sweep of the pen, President Donald Trump has ended a Biden administration effort to lower the cost of prescription drugs for people on Medicare ...

Languages: English. President Donald Trump has been accused of raising prescription drug prices for seniors by immediately rescinding former President Joe Biden's executive order to lower costs ...

However, these two programs were not explicitly aimed at lowering prescription drug costs for patients. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the model lowering prescription ...