Almost everyone 65 and older has received marketing related to Medicare, but some have reported experiences with Medicare marketing that violate federal rules, including marketers asking for Social Security or Medicare numbers outside the enrollment process and advertising special, time-limited discounts – which are not permitted.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a Non-prescription Drug Advisory Committee meeting last week to discuss the effectiveness of oral phenylephrine as an active ingredient in over-the-counter cough and cold products that are indicated for the temporary relief of congestion, both as a single-ingredient product and in combination with other ingredients.
Two commercial health plans achieved a 5-star rating – doubling the amount from 2022 – according to the new 2023 H
Ahead of a hearing on pharmacy benefit managers before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on Tuesday, PhRMA released Nephron Research that contends PBMs are driving up profits and drug prices through
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a policy statement warning pharmaceutical companies that make and sell brand-name drugs that they could face legal action if they improperly list patents in the FDA’s catalog of “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations,” commonly known as the “Orange Book.” This policy has been endorsed by the U.S.
Erik Decker, vice president and CISO at Intermountain Health and chair of the Health Sector Council’s Cybersecurity Working Group, discusses the group’s collaboration with the U.S. government to support healthcare data security mandates.
When common medical procedures are performed in a hospital outpatient department (HOPD) rather than a doctor’s office, costs are substantially higher, according to a national analysis of tens of millions of claims.
Social isolation and loneliness among seniors has become a prevalent issue, so much so that the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute has issued a white paper showing that this trend can have negative impacts on seniors’ health, such as increasing the likelihood of depression, dementia, heart disease, stroke and even death.