Amgen falls on new Medicare policy
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Shares of Amgen Inc. fell Tuesday after the agency that runs Medicare outlined a new policy which analysts say will sharply limit reimbursements for Amgen’s anemia drug Aranesp.
Archive for July, 2007
Study compares specialty orthopedic and general hospitals
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Specialty orthopedic hospitals serve a healthier population of Medicare patients compared to general hospitals, according to a new study by investigators at the University of Iowa and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Iowa City health care System.
Esse hopes to build lucrative practice through information technology
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Esse Health, one of the area’s largest independent physician practices, has hired a new chief executive to refine its brand, expand physicians’ use of information technology and give founder Dr. Charles Willey more time to focus on the practice’s other venture, a Medicare insurance plan.
House SCHIP Legislation Needs Revision To Meet Pay/Go Requirements
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007House legislation (HR 3162) that would expand and reauthorize SCHIP and make revisions to Medicare will need to be revised to meet pay/go rules before it can be considered by the full chamber, CongressDaily reports (Johnson, CongressDaily, 7/27). [click link for full article]
Medicare plan boosts statins, ulcer drugs: report
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007New prescription drug coverage in the federal Medicare insurance plan for the elderly drove a boost in use of pricey brand-name drugs such as statins and ulcer medications, an analysis released on Tuesday said.
Seniors to Congress: Raise Tobacco Taxes to Fund SCHIP
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Washington ( Map ) - By a 15-to-1 margin, seniors prefer raising tobacco taxes rather than cutting Medicare Advantage as a means to fund the State Children’s health insurance Program (SCHIP), according to a survey released today.
Doctors’ group prescribes private health care
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007The CMA says that private sector solutions should be found to the problems - particularly patient waiting lists - that plague Canada’s overburdened Medicare system.
HHS awards $90M Medicare, Medicaid database contract
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007The Health and Human services Department awarded a contract worth as much as $90 million to five software vendors to develop and maintain an enterprise relational database management system to handle Medicare and medicaid information, HHS said in a posting on the Federal Business Opportunities Web site July 30. The relational database system will advance the policies of HHS’ Centers for Medicare …
