Trauma Patients Without Insurance Taken Off Life Support Sooner, Study Finds

Clinicians must “uncomfortably” examine bias in life-and-death decisions, says expert https://www.medpagetoday.com/criticalcare/generalcriticalcare/111230 Critically injured trauma patients without insurance had a higher risk of being taken off life-saving care sooner than their insured counterparts, according to findings from a retrospective cohort study of more than 300,000 U.S. adults. After adjustment for patient and hospital characteristics, those without […]

Texas Lawsuit to Stop Optum PBM Audit Termination

Texas Lawsuit to Stop Optum PBM Audit Termination https://www.healthlawalliance.com/blog/health-law-alliance-files-emergency-texas-lawsuit-against-optum-pbm-audit-termination When is the last time you took a stand on something that you believed in? Here, at HLA, we stand up everyday for clients across the country who we believe in and who are in serious need of help, whether that be against PBMs, payors, the federal […]

PAIN PATIENTS Washington State!

PAIN PATIENTS Washington State! On Friday July 19th the Washington Medical Commission held their regularly scheduled meeting. During this meeting was continued discussion about changes being made to the opioid prescribing rules/laws in Washington State. With the help of Kat Hatz & APDFoundation I submitted a Petition to the WMC requesting more explicit changes to […]

Is this what the chronic pain community needs?

Presidential candidate VP Kamala Harris brings to DC the experience of a PROSECUTOR for THREE DECADES. The above video is her first campaign stop where she states that she is going to get women to be allowed to make their own decisions about their bodies and medical decisions and keep the government out of medical […]

CVS LIES UNDER OATH over their PBM’ jacking up Rx prices

House criticizes PBMs for pushing patients to higher-priced drugs

House criticizes PBMs for pushing patients to higher-priced drugs https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/house-criticizes-pbms-for-pushing-patients-to-higher-priced-drugs.html An investigation by federal lawmakers found that pharmacy-benefit managers promised to control costs but have instead steered patients toward higher-priced medicines and affiliated pharmacies that reduce patient choice, The Wall Street Journal reported July 23. A House Committee on Oversight and Accountability investigation found PBMs […]

15 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans | 2024

15 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans | 2024 https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/15-health-systems-dropping-medicare-advantage-plans-2024.html Medicare Advantage provides health coverage to more than half of the nation’s seniors, but some hospitals and health systems are opting to end their contracts with MA plans over administrative challenges. Among the most commonly cited reasons are excessive prior authorization denial rates and slow […]

Healthcare: nothing more.. nothing less than a FOR PROFIT BUSINESS

  Warren Blasts United Health CEO for Monopolistic Practices that Harm Patients

WHO Warns of Counterfeit Ozempic in the Global Supply Chain—Here’s What to Know

WHO Warns of Counterfeit Ozempic in the Global Supply Chain—Here’s What to Know https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2821502 The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning of counterfeit Ozempic discovered in 2023 in regulated supply chains in Brazil, the UK, and the US, amid an uptick in similar reports worldwide. Besides potentially being ineffective, fake versions of the drug pose […]

Could the Chevron Doctrine overturning muzzle the DEA?