by Jinman Li | Aug 11, 2018 | Health
WASHINGTON – Big companies are fighting back against the spiraling costs of employee health care by shaking up how care is delivered and paid for – including direct contracting with health care providers or tying pay to quality of total patient care, a new report...
by Basma Amer | Jul 31, 2018 | Health
WASHINGTON – It is a well-documented fact that freezing temperatures cause immense harm to homeless people. But, according to several Washington, D.C., homeless advocates, the ill effects of extremely hot weather can sometimes be even worse. “Extreme hot...
by Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu | Jul 27, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday his agency will start taking steps to create a more open market for prescription drugs. The United States lacks “a real market for prescription drugs, ” Azar said in a speech at the...
by Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu | Jul 19, 2018 | Business & Tech, Health
WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Wednesday blamed pharmaceutical companies for manipulating rebates to stymie competition, which blocks patients’ access to affordable copycat drugs and costs them billions in higher-cost...
by Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu | Jul 13, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — A federal program that requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to sell discounted drugs to certain health care providers was intended to expand services and lower costs for low-income consumers. But federal investigators found some hospitals are keeping the...
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by Shelby Fleig | Jun 15, 2018 | Health
WASHINGTON – One hundred years after the “Spanish flu” killed more than 50 million people worldwide, another influenza pandemic still is the biggest threat to global health, public health experts told lawmakers Friday. “Influenza, or something like influenza, is what...
