
What We're Reading: Changing How Medicine Is Bought
What we're reading, February 10, 2016: 2 companies change how consumers purchase medicines online; CMS memo reveals the government is mulling changes to Medicare reimbursement; and Johns Hopkins will transplant HIV-positive organs to HIV-positive recipients.
Transparency is often cited as one of the best ways lower drug prices, and now 2 companies are pulling back the curtain to change how consumers purchase medicines. In a new article,
A new memo from CMS has revealed that there may be changes coming for how Medicare pays physicians. However, the document has since been taken down from CMS’ website, and its release called “premature,”
Johns Hopkins will become the first hospital in the United States to transplant organs from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients. Until recently, such use of organs from HIV-positive individuals was illegal in the US, but South Africa has been allowing these transplants for several years with positive outcomes,
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