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Every CVS Pharmacy In Red State Might Close After Crackdown On Drug Middlemen
Published On: May 28th, 2025Last month, Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill banning drug middlemen from holding permits for prescription drug sales in the state.
CMMI’s New Strategy: What’s Changing for Providers?
Published On: May 28th, 2025The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) has announced a new strategy for establishing payment systems that incentivize healthier lives through a focus on three key pillars: (1) promoting evidence-based prevention; (2) empowering patients to achieve their health goals; and (3) driving choice and competition.
Both sides launch ad campaigns over budget vote as bill moves to Senate
Published On: May 28th, 2025Last week’s House vote on a sweeping reconciliation bill encompassing much of Republicans’ legislative agenda is already becoming a focal point in the nascent campaign for control of Congress next year.
Analysis: CBO Revises Estimate on How Many Would Lose Health Insurance Coverage
Published On: May 28th, 2025A new analysis published days after the U.S. House of Representatives passed its bill to enable the 2026 federal budget, has found a far higher estimate—15.7 million people— of the number of Americans who could lose health insurance coverage if the bill passed by the House of Representatives on May 22 were enacted into law.
Oncology Advances Bring CAR T Local, but Community Practices Need Support: Nini Wu, MD
Published On: May 28th, 2025Among the most promising trends in oncology over the past year is the growing ability to deliver advanced therapies, such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T and bispecific treatments, closer to patients’ homes, according to Nini Wu, MD, MBA, chief medical and development officer at Navista, Cardinal Health.
Trump’s drug price plan may hinge on Congress
Published On: May 27th, 2025One of the drug industry's biggest guardrails against President Trump's "most favored nation" drug pricing plan is the fact that it's less enforceable without the involvement of Congress.
Community Oncology at Inflection Point: “It’s Going to Be a Real Crisis”
Published On: May 27th, 2025“We are really coming up to an inflection point, frankly, around community oncology and the challenges that we’re facing,” warns Todd Schonherz, chief executive officer for the American Oncology Network.
Major Cancer Centers Hit With Layoffs, Hiring Freezes After Federal Cuts
Published On: May 27th, 2025Cancer research has been hit with widespread layoffs and hiring freezes amid the Trump administration’s significant cuts to federal funding.
Hospitals with higher CapEx claim more patients, higher prices—potentially dooming low spenders
Published On: May 27th, 2025The issue of hospital consolidation and rising prices might be tackled by increasing targeted financial support for “withering” essential hospitals rather than solely focusing on antitrust regulation, according to a recent study of hospitals’ capital expenditures.
Community Oncology at Inflection Point: “It’s Going to Be a Real Crisis”
Published On: May 23rd, 2025“We are really coming up to an inflection point, frankly, around community oncology and the challenges that we’re facing,” warns Todd Schonherz, chief executive officer for the American Oncology Network.
