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Proposed CMS Rule Would Increase Oversight of Medicare Advantage Plans, Permit Coverage of Weight-Loss Drugs
02 Jan 2025 16:50 GMT
… of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D drug plans … their growing presence in Arkansas, and summarizes challenges that … Coverage of Weight-Loss Drugs Under Medicare and Medicaid Programs
The … required to cover these medications when treating obesity.
We …
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Local notes: Arkansas Arts Council announced the 2025 Governor’s Arts Awards
22 Dec 2024 01:06 GMT
… of this division: Arkansas Arts Council; Arkansas Historic Preservation Program … three divisions: Arkansas State Parks Arkansas Heritage and Arkansas Tourism.
… the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to … and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Drug Lords, Ponzi Schemers, and Corrupt Officials: Meet Joe Biden’s Clemency Recipients
13 Dec 2024 21:58 GMT
… who manufactured a fentanyl-like drug dubbed "the most … of overdose deaths from the drug. "People were dying, … feed poor children in eastern Arkansas, a case that prosecutors … for defrauding Medicare by providing diluted chemotherapy drugs and old …
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Pharmacy benefit managers: What journalists need to know about the prescription drug middleman industry
07 Dec 2024 01:23 GMT
… purchasing drugs to sell to customers. It also permits Arkansas … from laundry detergent to medications delivered through the mail, … a drug. He writes that annual federal spending on Medicare … from laundry detergent to medications delivered through the mail, …
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Abuse of the 340B Drug Program: Why Should Physicians Care?
04 Dec 2024 13:32 GMT
… expensive drugs, in order to take advantage of commercial reimbursement for medications … the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. J… that decision.
However, seven states (Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, …
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Commentary: Protecting a drug discount program for rural base — Jessica R. Towhey
05 Dec 2024 02:54 GMT
… administration disrupt a discount drug program that underpins … risk populations steeply discounted drugs from pharmaceutical manufacturers, … mentioned areas of rural Arkansas where drilling companies are … run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Oz …
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11 Worst States for Medicare Drug Plan Menu Cuts
09 Oct 2024 23:21 GMT
… pocket spending limit for covered drugs at $2,000. … past, enrollees taking expense drugs could face much higher out … premiums at all Medicare Advantage and Medicare drug plans in giant … 210..
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Does Medicare cover abortions?
27 Nov 2024 14:06 GMT
… lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Medicare will not cover abortion … person.
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Delaware
Florida
Georgia … both in-clinic and medication abortions, depending on location … the Hyde Amendment, prevents Medicare from covering abortion except …
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5 things to know for Nov. 27: Tariffs, Middle East, Disney settlement, Anti-obesity drugs, Cargo plane crash
27 Nov 2024 11:49 GMT
… solve the immigration or illegal drug issues in the US. … would gain access to these medications, which can cost as much … to cover drugs for weight loss, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid … raises the most turkeys?
A. Arkansas
B. Indiana
C. Minnesota
D …
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Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs proposed
27 Nov 2024 10:45 GMT
… get coverage of the drugs through Medicare or Medicaid, if they … ."
"GLP-1 medications like Wegovy and Zepbound are … Lesnick, a spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Human Services, … , with the Food and Drug Administration approving a new class …