All the headlines from our Drugs Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 16 2016 // Vermont is poised to become the first state requiring drug companies to explain their price increases, and Bob and Deborah Messing think that’s a good idea.The Messings live in Montpelier and are in their early 70s....
May 11 2016 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced he’s forming a new statewide task force to combat heroin and opioid abuse.Cuomo said the task force is comprised of experts in healthcare, drug policy, advocacy,...
May 11 2016 // The Reno, Nev. doctor at the center of a federal investigation into an illegal prescription drug ring is being accused by the parents of an overdose victim of ignoring their warnings and continuing to increase the strength...
May 6 2016 // The workers’ compensation market is healthy and profitable. This year’s “State of the Line” report, published by the National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI), indicates that the...
May 3 2016 // According to a study released by Centers for Disease Control (CDC), consumer out-of-pocket spending on opioids has declined, with insurers picking up more of the tab.The study found that consumer out-of-pocket spending on...
May 2 2016 // Express Scripts Holding Co. plans to introduce several benefit programs aimed at fighting high drug costs, including speeding up how quickly it moves insurer and employer customers to cheaper medicines after sudden price...
May 2 2016 // Nearly one out of every three (32 percent) opioid prescriptions, which are subsidized by America’s employers, is being abused, according to a report by a healthcare data and technology company.San Francisco-based...
May 2 2016 // The workers’ compensation market is healthy and robust. It’s both competitive and profitable.That’s good news for business owners, the insurance industry and injured workers. Beneath the positive news,...
Apr 29 2016 // A pain clinic doctor in Beckley, West Virginia, has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for illegally prescribing a controlled substance and submitting false health care claims.Dr. Jose Gordinho was sentenced...
Apr 21 2016 // Nearly one out of every three (32 percent) opioid prescriptions, which are subsidized by America’s employers, is being abused, according to a report by a healthcare data and technology company.San Francisco-based...
Apr 18 2016 // Planning for retirement is tough enough – and it gets even tougher when retirement benefits you expect to receive from an employer are changed on short notice. But a growing number of U.S. employers are capping their...
Apr 18 2016 // The amount of opioids prescribed to injured Ohio workers has fallen significantly since the state’s insurance fund for injured workers created a pharmacy management program amid concerns about painkiller usage.Fewer...
Apr 15 2016 // Spending on medicines increased by double digits for a second year in 2015 and reached $425 billion based on invoice prices. After adjusting for rebates and other price concessions by manufacturers, net spending was $310...
Apr 14 2016 // Travis Mohr found sobriety after heroin came close to taking his life. Every year at the anniversary of the day he got clean, his parents hosted a celebration at their Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, home to recognize...
Apr 12 2016 // The U.S. is in the midst of an opioid crisis. Deaths from prescription painkiller overdoses have quadrupled since 1999. To combat the epidemic, 49 states and Washington, D.C., have built computer systems intended to detect...
Apr 11 2016 // Mark Rosenberg doesn’t need to go to his job as chairman of emergency medicine at New Jersey’s busiest emergency room to get a bracing insight into the mushrooming problem of opioid abuse.He can think of his...
Apr 10 2016 // The amount of opioids prescribed to injured Ohio workers has fallen significantly since the state’s insurance fund for injured workers created a pharmacy management program amid concerns about painkiller usage.Fewer...
Apr 7 2016 // Overall pharmacy spending increased 2.2 percent for U.S. workers’ compensation payers in 2015 due to higher drug prices, according to a report by benefit manager Express Scripts. That overall increase was a function...
Apr 5 2016 // The country’s largest workers’ compensation insurer said it has developed a model to predict the likelihood of an injured worker developing chronic pain. The model can them help the workers take steps to avoid...
Apr 4 2016 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) lauded Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker for signing comprehensive opioid abuse legislation (H 4046) on March 14.Opioids are synthetic versions of opium-derived drugs, many of which...