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More layoffs at Optum

More layoffs at Optum

Becker’s Hospital Review

Jul 19, 2024

Former employees with UnitedHealth Group's Optum and its subsidiaries took to social media beginning July 18 regarding another reduction in force they say occurred across parts of the company...

DOJ slaps $20M opioid prescription penalty on OptumRx

DOJ slaps $20M opioid prescription penalty on OptumRx

Fierce Healthcare.com

Jul 2, 2024

OptumRx will pay $20 million to resolve claims the company violated the Controlled Substances Act by improperly filling certain opioid prescriptions...

Shrinking drug coverage puts Americans in a medical (and monetary) bind

Shrinking drug coverage puts Americans in a medical (and monetary) bind

USA Today

Jul 1, 2024

Paying more for less is a recurring theme for Americans these past few years, and it’s even true in health care, a new study shows...

PharMerica reaches $100 million settlement over alleged SNF pharmacy kickbacks

PharMerica reaches $100 million settlement over alleged SNF pharmacy kickbacks

McKnight’s Long Term Care News

Jul 18, 2024

One of the nation’s leading pharmacy companies has agreed to pay $100 million to resolve allegations of false claims and kickbacks in its dealings with long-term care providers...

Psilocybin facilitators sue Oregon Health Authority over access

Psilocybin facilitators sue Oregon Health Authority over access

Axios

Jul 2, 2024

Workers in Oregon's first-in-the-nation psilocybin industry have been bucking against high prices, and are now taking on the restriction that excludes a key demographic, the dying and those who need at-home care...

Walgreens to close ‘significant’ number of stores as profits fall

Walgreens to close ‘significant’ number of stores as profits fall

By Jaclyn Peiser
Washington Post

Jun 27, 2024

Walgreens will close a “significant portion” of its 8,600 U.S. locations over the next three years as it struggles to keep up with a rapidly evolving retail pharmacy industry...

Prescription drug prices have surged almost 40% over the past decade

Prescription drug prices have surged almost 40% over the past decade

Megan Henney
FOX Business

Jul 2, 2024

The cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. has surged nearly 40% over the past decade, easily outstripping the pace of inflation, according to a new study...

How drug shortages can make or break a patient's recovery

How drug shortages can make or break a patient's recovery

CBS News

Jul 1, 2024

As more than 300 medicines are in short supply, including treatments for the side-effects of chemotherapy, pharmacists are sounding the alarm and spreading awareness for how these shortages can impact a patient's recovery...

Rite Aid likely to close hundreds of pharmacies in Ohio and Michigan

Rite Aid likely to close hundreds of pharmacies in Ohio and Michigan

Marty Schladen
Ohio Capital Journal

Jun 21, 2024

Several signs indicate that pharmacy chain Rite Aid will close more than 300 pharmacies in Ohio and Michigan in the coming weeks...

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