Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation names new board of directors, launches new website
The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT), an independent nonprofit organization housed at the University of Michigan, welcomes a new board of directors that includes representation from additional healthcare, business and policy organizations. “We are thankful for the support and direction we have received from our two founding organizations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the University of …
Read more >In The Media, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Mylan will offer low-cost generic EpiPen amid outcry
Embattled drugmaker Mylan sought Monday to temper growing outrage over the skyrocketing cost of its lifesaving EpiPen, announcing it would offer a generic version of the auto-injector in the coming weeks that would sell for roughly half the price…
Read more >In The Media, USA Today: Under fire, Mylan to offer EpiPen for 50% less
Drugmaker Mylan said Monday that it will offer a generic version of the life-saving allergy treatment EpiPen for half the list price of the brand-name treatment after it became the center of a national controversy over skyrocketing drug prices…
Read more >In The Media, USA Today: EpiPen maker to offer discounts after price hike firestorm
Drugmaker Mylan (MYL) said Thursday that it would offer discounts on a life-saving allergy shot after generating a firestorm when it implemented sharp price increases for the treatment…
Read more >In The Media, USA Today: Ex-pharma CEO Martin Shkreli defends EpiPen price increase
Pharmaceutical firebrand Martin Shkreli has injected himself into the debate over the skyrocketing price of a life-saving allergy treatment, arguing that the manufacturer of EpiPen doesn’t make much money and instead blaming insurers for not covering the tab…
Read more >Bridge Magazine, In The Media: Amid opioid crisis, few doctors use Michigan’s outdated drug monitoring tool
The case against Dr. Oscar Linares, once the busiest internist in Monroe, Mich., broke five years ago, but paging through the criminal complaint filed against him in 2011 reveals a parade of startling details that time hasn’t softened…
Read more >In The Media, USA Today: Aetna’s exit deals blow to Obamacare, patients
Health insurer Aetna announced late Monday that it is dropping Obamacare insurance in 69% of the counties and 11 of 15 states where it currently offers plans…
Read more >In The Media, The Gazette: Iowa hospitals use state law to stifle competition, critics say: Certificate of Need law, in Iowa since 1977, exists in most states
Ceiling-mounted microscopes, sterilizers and phacoemulsification equipment sit dormant in Dr. Lee Birchansky’s operating rooms — hundreds of thousands of dollars wasted because Birchansky can’t get state permission to do cataract surgery in his office at the Fox Eye Laser and Cosmetic Institute on H Avenue NE…
Read more >In The Media, Michigan Radio: Michigan working toward ‘next generation’ of primary care
Diane Marriott, Project Manager for the Michigan Primary Care Transformation Project (MiPCT), and Natalie Adewunmi, an RN and care manager with Integrated Health Associates (IHA), discuss how primary care has changed in Michigan because of MiPCT.
Read more >Dome Magazine, In The Media: Michigan’s Obamacare
Governor Snyder deserves our thanks for having the foresight and courage to buck many in his own Republican Party in supporting ‘Obamacare’, aka, the U.S. Affordable Care Act…
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