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Supreme Court will not hear ACA subsidy case (at least for now)
Healthcare Dive - November 3, 2014
For now, the Supreme Court has chosen not to hear King v. Burwell, the case that would decide whether or not enrollees in the 36 states taking part in the federal insurance exchange are eligible for premium subsidies.
Election Will Leave Medicaid Policies Largely Unchanged
New York Times - November 4, 2014
The re-election of four Republican governors means that the future of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act is unlikely to change course.
Metformin Beats Other Type 2 Diabetes Drugs for First Treatment: Study
HealthDay News - October 28, 2014
Researchers find this commonly used medication controls blood sugar for many.
Google's Next Business Venture: The Human Body
Drug Discovery & Development - November 4, 2014
In 2010, the executives at Google created a new extension of the company called Google X. This semi-secretive facility focuses on bringing futuristic ideas to life to create new sources of revenue for the search giant.
Possible alternative to antibiotics: Nanoparticles made of lipids
ScienceDaily - November 2, 2014
A novel substance for the treatment of severe bacterial infections has been developed to work without antibiotics. Scientists say that this would prevent the development of antibiotic resistance. Scientists engineered artificial nanoparticles made of lipids, "liposomes" that closely resemble the membrane of host cells. These liposomes act as decoys for bacterial toxins and so are able to sequester and neutralize them.
RAND study: Biosimilars could save US $44 billion in 10 years
BioPharma Dive - November 4, 2014
A new report by the think tank the RAND Corporation finds that using biosimilar versions of popular biologic drugs could save the U.S. health system $44 billion over the next decade.
CVS Health focuses on digital to improve pharmacy, front-end experience
Drug Store News - November 4, 2014
CVS Health is focused on its omnichannel experience with their core pharmacy customer.
Medicare paying for drugs for the dead
Healthcare Dive - November 3, 2014
A new report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General has concluded that a quirk in Medicare regulations has caused the agency to spend millions paying for drugs for deceased patients.
When providers become payers
Healthcare Finance - October 30, 2014
What hospitals should consider before building a new business model.
For a Child's Fracture, Use Ibuprofen, Not Morphine: Study
HealthDay News - October 27, 2014
For childrenwith broken bones, ibuprofen is a better choice for pain relief than morphine, researchers report.
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