by Keith Kuhn | Jan 13, 2014 | Government, Regulations
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. paid kickbacks to a specialty pharmacy in exchange for recommending refills of a blood transfusion drug it produces, according to an amended complaint filed Wednesday in a civil case brought by state and federal prosecutors in New York....
by Keith Kuhn | Jan 13, 2014 | Payor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark Inc. have dropped their antitrust lawsuits against each other, putting an end to the four-year-old litigation. In mid-December, a federal judge ordered the two entities to drop...
by Keith Kuhn | Jan 10, 2014 | Industry
Nipro Diagnostics, Inc. Initiates Voluntary Recall of Certain TRUEbalance and TRUEtrack Blood Glucose Meters Nipro Diagnostics, Inc. today announced it is initiating a voluntary recall and replacement of a limited number of TRUEbalanceTM and TRUEtrack® Blood Glucose...
by Keith Kuhn | Jan 10, 2014 | Industry
Register for NCAMES Winter Meeting TODAY! “Retooling for the Change” The NCAMES 2014 Winter Meeting is to be held January 28-29 at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, NC and has a packed agenda FULL of presentations and education relating to...
by Keith Kuhn | Jan 9, 2014 | Payor
Dr. Aldona Wos, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, told a General Assembly health oversight committee Tuesday something that encapsulates how basic the problems are in her department. “I continue to stress to our team, and our vendor, that...
