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Insurer has entered a value-based contract with Collegium Pharmaceutical for the drug Xtampza ER, an oxycodone equivalent with abuse deterrent properties.

Insurers offering plans have been required to cover all FDA-approved contraception, including medications and devices that induce abortion, as well as sterilization procedures.

System is already cutting hiring, using attrition to conserve cash and will end the week with only 13 days cash on hand.

Part of the donation will support provider education that promotes best prescribing practices for clinicians who prescribe opioid medications.

Group's general counsel says OIG's understanding and application of Medicare rules are flawed.

Medicare advisory commission recommends voluntary physician participation in a program with measures more similar to APMs.

Under association health plans, small businesses can join associations that offer insurance to members but solvency problems have been an issue in the past.

Male registered nurses who are on salary made 10 percent more than women, Medscape survey found, and hourly male nurses made 5 percent more.

The bill, if signed by the California governor, would require drug companies to give notice to state agencies and health insurers if they plan to raise drug prices by 16 percent or more.

The average deal size for companies led by women CEOs was $31.4 million compared to $11.3 million for those with men CEOs in what is shaping up to be digital health's biggest year of investments.