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HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
26 Apr 2025 12:57 GMT
… there to support the Medicare Advantage payers as appropriate. … main impacted markets in North Carolina division and West Florida … costs for covered outpatient drugs at HOPBs. It sounds … be more geared towards drug administration, and appreciate the …
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Trump takes aim at prescription drug prices as part of health care reforms
17 Apr 2025 18:56 GMT
… those initiatives but included Medicare drug price negotiations in … costs for covered drugs at hospital outpatient departments … Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina), a surgeon, specifically supported … drug prices, and cut off access to critical medications. …
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Trump signals plan to address ‘pill penalty’ of drug pricing law
16 Apr 2025 18:12 GMT
… small molecule drugs and biologic medicines for purposes of Medicare price negotiations … order.
Currently, a small molecule drug becomes eligible for government-negotiated … the aisle. Three congressmen from North Carolina, a major research hub, in …
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Legislative battle continues over how to address health care costs in North Carolina
04 Apr 2025 08:55 GMT
… approval before covering the medications Isaac needed — a … The battle begins
Several North Carolina House members started discussing … drug manufacturers for better prices on drugs in exchange for making that drug … rates set by the Medicare program, which are …
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Trump Backs Drug Discount Program in Court – Inside Sources
11 Apr 2025 07:56 GMT
… in prescription drug purchases in 2023. Drug manufacturers say … program, manufacturers provide prescription drugs to health clinics and … to receive reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid.
“If … states like Kentucky and North Carolina to resist in current …
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Healthcare & Life Sciences Drug Pricing Digest - April 2025
08 Apr 2025 17:32 GMT
… continue to support the Medicare drug price negotiation program … D to develop additional medications or could lower … group of 15 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations … Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, …
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Biden Plan To Expand Obesity Drug Coverage Is Rejected
07 Apr 2025 15:55 GMT
… the medications.
Catherine Howden, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare and … other parts of Medicare’s drug coverage.
Currently, Medicare covers these drugs only for … cover these drugs. Some, like state employee plans in North Carolina and West …
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The skyrocketing cost of weight-loss drugs has state Medicaid programs looking for a solution
06 Apr 2025 12:59 GMT
… commitment. Already, West Virginia and North Carolina ended programs in 2024 that … to cover the medications under Medicare’s Part D prescription drug coverage. Biden … unsuccessful.
Makowicki said GLP-1 drugs combined with weight-loss surgery …
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Trump admin. cancels Biden's plan to make Ozempic available on Medicare and Medicaid
05 Apr 2025 06:58 GMT
… overturn the law establishing Medicare';s Part D drug benefits, which forbid … cover the drugs, and some, including state employee benefits plans in North Carolina and West … interest in forcing Medicare to allow for coverage of the drug, but it doesn …
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Trump blocks Medicare coverage for popular obesity drugs
04 Apr 2025 23:59 GMT
… for Wegovy, a popular obesity medication, in Wenatchee, Wash., in June … updating parts of Medicare’s drug coverage plan and Medicare Advantage, the private … cover the drugs. Some, including state employee benefit plans in North Carolina and …