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/PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Justices lawsuit opposing UnitedHealth Groups takeover of Change Healthcare is an effort to protect patients,...

BESSEMER, Ala., Feb. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Justices lawsuit opposing UnitedHealth Groups takeover of Change Healthcare...

Reviled by pharmacists and patient advocacy groups nationwide, PBMs at least temporarily escaped scrutiny from an FTC deadlocked on an investigation.

/PRNewswire/ -- Despite a disappointing vote yesterday by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to reject a study into the practices of pharmacy benefit managers...

/PRNewswire/ -- Despite a disappointing vote yesterday by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to reject a study into the practices of pharmacy benefit managers...

Independent and community pharmacies seek to prevent UHG and Change merging into a "corporate monster" that will stifle competition.

Primary Content Caption Georgia lawmakers have moved in recent years to curb many Pharmacy Benefit Managers negotiating practices that advocates consider harmful to patients. Credit: Stock photo Prescription-drug price negotiators are taking stock of new state laws that aim to clamp down on predatorial pharmaceutical practices that some companies worry could hamper efforts to lower medication costs in Georgia. Patient advocates and representatives from groups called pharmacy benefi...

Health Care Access and Improvement Elimination of $500,000 for start-up funding for FQHCs. Addition of $500,000 in start-up grants for FQHCs in Jeff Davis and Marion counties. Healthcare Facility Regulation Addition of $7,454,466 to support strategic measures for stabilizing staffing in the nursing home program. Medicaid - Aged, Blind, and Disabled Reduction of $74,646,745 in State funds to reflect savings from the temporary FMAP increase through September 30, 2021. Addition of $25,328,540 to p...

House Insurance Committee — Property and Casualty Subcommittee Chairman Steve Tarvin (R-Chickamauga) and members of the Property and Casualty Subcommittee took action on some legislation this morning: HB 241, authored by Representative Matthew Gambill (R-Cartersville), seeks to amend O.C.G.A. 33-7-6, relating to property insurance, contract requirements, rules and regulations, and exemptions, so as to revise the meaning of property insurance and also to change the parameters under which certa...

Georgia vaccination an epic undertaking; seniors, police added to top priority group Georgia vaccination an epic undertaking; seniors, police added to top priority group Vials of COVID-19 vaccine have been arriving at medical facilities across Georgia over the past two weeks. But the inoculation process itself has not always gone smoothly here, with logistical challenges and even some ethical concerns, according to health care providers. Still, physicians and medical organizations contacted by...