Fixing a Critical Safety Net Program: 340B, Third Way, Darbin Wofford and David Kendall – Part 2 The Solution: A Patient-Centered 340B Program The 340B program is an essential tool…

…to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA ‘90), Medicaid programs also get their own rebates from drug manufacturers through the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP). When Congress enacted…

…physicians what they already k new, Depakote was a very valuable medication for “off-label” (unapproved uses). In the irony department, prescribing and administering Depakote for off-label uses is legal, and…

…then rallied in early morning trading Friday, with prices supported by a weaker dollar and equities trading near record highs, and then continued to climb on continued tightness in U.S. supply, even…

…not been properly secured for the Risk Corridor Program. This effectively stopped any new funding from being used for the Risk Corridor Program; however, funding could be transferred from other…

…At the same time if people opt out of Medicare for other things, Medicare should not be funding Advantage programs any more than what they fund traditional Medicare. MA programs…

…of a government program by going beyond discounted prices for Medicaid or low-income patients. Is the program failing vulnerable patients? Not really, this is a planned and coordinated abuse of…

…this outsourcing program permanent and greatly expanded it. Indeed, the legislation set up a parallel private sector network—the Veterans Community Care Program or VCCP—which pays private sector providers to treat…

…could have a significant impact on the high-frequency trading and other ‘quant’ trading strategies that now comprise an astonishing 70% of vastly bloated equity-trading volume.  Over the past few decades,…

Hat tip to Simon Johnson through Bloomberg and Baseline Scenario: Public Input for the Study Regarding the Implementation of the Prohibitions on Proprietary Trading and Certain Relationships With Hedge Funds…