Thursday, 24 December 2015

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Opioid addiction treatment argued as 'essential' insurance benefit
12:01:00 AM
Physicians, social workers and consumer advocacy groups are putting pressure on the CMS to require all health plans sold on the federal exchange to cover medications used to treat people with opioid addictions.


Sanofi fast tracks diabetes drug with priority review voucher
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 5:34 PM
French drugmaker Sanofi is looking to once again beat a rival to the market by redeeming a priority review voucher for faster regulatory review, this time for its experimental combination diabetes drug Lixilan.


WellCare files suit in Iowa over terminated Medicaid contract
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 4:00 PM
WellCare, which is contesting its terminated contract to help oversee Iowa's Medicaid program, has filed a lawsuit against the state.


White House aims for 25% reduction in multidrug-resistant TB by 2020
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 3:00 PM
The Obama administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to address the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the U.S. and abroad by improving surveillance and developing new medications that provide better treatment options.


ONC shares its favored interoperability standards
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 1:00 PM
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS has beefed up its scorecard of data exchange standards and implementation specifications to promote interoperability between electronic health-record systems.


$10,000 offered in contest to create healthcare apps for those in cars
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:36 AM
Ford Motor Co. and the Henry Ford Health System are co-sponsoring an innovation challenge that offers $10,000 in prize money to employees who come up with smartphone apps that link healthcare with vehicles.


Bribery probe nets $12M and more than two dozen doctors
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:15 AM
An ongoing federal investigation of a New Jersey medical laboratory has netted guilty pleas from more than two dozen doctors, the latest on Tuesday from a physician who admitted taking cash bribes from lab employees.


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