Health Headlines for Wednesday, December 5
Bipartisan senators introduce new drug pricing bill
The Hill
bill introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will seek to crack down on the tactics used by drug companies like Mylan to overcharge taxpayers for Medicaid rebates.
CVS offers ‘guaranteed net cost’ for pharmacy benefit clients
Reuters
Pharmacy chain and benefits manager CVS Health Corp on Wednesday said as of Jan. 1 it will offer a new prescription benefit option guaranteeing its health plan clients 100 percent of any rebates, discounts or other fees paid by drugmakers.
NYU Langone and health care union reach tentative deal
Crain’s New York Business
NYU Langone Health is in discussions to rejoin the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York, paving the way for an agreement with the state’s largest health care union 1199SEIU, the union said Monday.
NY gets $9M in federal help to fight opioid addiction
Daily Freeman
New York state will receive more than $9 million in federal funds to broaden its fight against opioid addiction.
The ‘holy grail’ for cancer diagnostics? Australian researchers claim breakthrough in new study
USA Today
Australian scientists have developed a simple blood test that they claim can diagnose cancer in mere minutes by identifying a unique DNA signature present in all types of the disease.