UnitedHealthcare announced it would remove 20% of its current prior authorizations starting with the third quarter of this year. 

The medication can reverse an opioid overdose and is a critical, life-saving product now able to be sold directly to consumers in places like pharmacies, convenience stores, grocers, gas stations and online, the FDA said.

Xylazine is a sedative intended for animals such as horses and cattle, but it is increasingly being found mixed with strong opioids such as fentanyl.

“Medications shouldn’t cost an arm and a leg, metaphorically or literally,” says Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost “Insulin is just a symptom of the problem; PBMs are the disease.”

Twenty-seven healthcare organizations signed the letter to CMS asking the agency to create a hybrid payment model, including the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations, AMGA, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Primary Care Collaborative.

According to Warren, the FTC should scrutinize any healthcare deal that threatens competition, increases prices and reduces the quality of care.

Federal investigations that began in 2019 into Amazon’s potential abuse of power and consumer privacy violations may soon come to fruition with lawsuits to block the company's monopoly status, Politico reported. 

Gregory Auzenne, MD, a pain management specialist from Meridian, Mississippi, has been sentenced in connection with a $515 million fraud scheme over pain cream.