A New Orleans TV station dove into the murky practices of PBMs and clearly demonstrated how patients are being ripped off, PBM pockets being lined, and pharmacists muzzled.  WVUE FOX 8 News reporter Lee Lurik found that the nation's largest insurance carrier, United HealthCare, makes customers pay a [Read more...]

For each of the past three years, opioid prescriptions have declined in the United States, the first sustained drop since OxyContin hit the market in 1996.  (New York Times May 21, 2016)

The Kiplinger Letter, Vol 93, No. 19, reports about 90% of employers will offer electronic visits with health professionals by 2018, up from 67% now.  Providing remote treatment for common ailments -- allergies, skin conditions, etc -- especially after hours, cuts down on more-costly routine office [Read more...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reconsidering whether doctors who prescribe painkillers like OxyContin should be required to take safety training courses, according to federal documents. The review comes as regulators disclosed the number of doctors who completed voluntary training [Read more...]