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Gilead pays $45 million to settle kickback case filed by Texas AG
Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and the afternoon Pharmalot newsletter. Gilead Sciences agreed to pay $45 million to settle allegations of paying kickbacks that improperly influenced prescriptions paid for by the Texas Medicaid […]
UnitedHealth pays Optum doctors 17% more than outside providers
Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. UnitedHealth Group pays its own medical practices far more than competing practices, a new study finds, bolstering STAT’s own analysis on the subject and presenting new evidence that the conglomerate could circumvent a rule designed to curb health insurers’ profits. […]