The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and applicable regulations provide that health plans must meet a number of standards in order to be certified as Qualified Health Plans (QHPs). In response to the ACA, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued April 18, [Read more...]
It's possible that women with too low an LDL cholesterol level could be at higher risk for stroke. After tracking nearly 28,000 women aged 45 and up for two decades, investigators determined that women with LDL levels of 70 mg/dL or lower were more than twice as likely to experience a bleeding [Read more...]
On April 2, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a sweeping press release from outgoing Commissioner Scott Gottlieb covering new steps to advance the agency's continued evaluation of potential regulatory pathways for CBD products. The five-page statement outlined what the FDA has in [Read more...]
As a follow-up to the West Virginia Pharmacists Association (WVPA) mailing its members copies of the "Opioid Reduction Act" and "Pharmacists To Dispense Tobacco Cessation Theraphy" earlier this month, WVPA will be mailing a copy of "Pharmacy Audit Integrity Act" to its members next week. These [Read more...]