Health Headlines for Thursday, June 1
Express Scripts Sues Maker of Overdose Drug, Intensifying Feud
New York Times
A company that manages prescription drug plans for tens of millions of Americans has sued a tiny drug maker that makes an emergency treatment for heroin and painkiller overdoses, increasing the tension between the companies that make drugs and those that decide whether they should be covered.
Hospital in Queens plans a $6.8 million renovation
Crain’s New York Business
Elmhurst Hospital Center, a 545-bed facility in the Health + Hospitals system, is proposing a $6.8 million renovation to construct a second-floor addition to its emergency department.
Feds levy $155M fine against software vendor for faulty patient records
Politico
A leading electronic health records maker and its founders will pay $155 million to resolve a lawsuit that accused the company of selling faulty software and defrauding the program that subsidized doctors to computerize their patient records, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Who Receives More Wasteful Care: Medicaid Enrollees Or People With Private Insurance?
Forbes
Some medical services are unnecessary. Is it your first day of uncomplicated lower back pain? You don’t need an x-ray.
Buffalo leads nation with first Opiate Intervention Court
WKBW Buffalo
Buffalo has started an Opiate Crisis Intervention Court to deal with the rising heroin epidemic right here in Western New York, making it the first of it’s kind in the country.
For the first time ever, less than half of physicians are independent
Modern Healthcare
Less than half of practicing physicians in the U.S. owned their medical practice in 2016, marking the first time that the majority of physicians are not practice owners, according to a new study.
What’s in your drinking water? Find out by searching NY state’s new online site
Syracuse Post Standard
Canandaigua’s drinking water is the best tasting in the state, the New York American Water Association determined this year for the second time in four years.