Supply Chain

Blue Shield California proposed benefit changes for commercial plans next year that would force consumers to pay more to fill prescriptions at pharmacies outside of an established network, according to Kaiser Health News.

While every major hospital association opposes the American Health Care Act, which House republicans unveiled last week, one industry group voiced its support of the legislation, reports The Boston Globe.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is urging President Donald Trump to block the U.S. Army from giving Paris-based Sanofi exclusive rights to patents for a Zika vaccine.

President Donald Trump on Friday selected Scott Gottlieb, MD, as his nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration, reports STAT.

Patricia Maryland, DrPH, president of healthcare operations and COO for St. Louis-based Ascension, recently shared her thoughts on the dangers of high drug costs in an opinion piece for the The Hill.

While President Donald Trump initially posed a large threat to biotech companies with talk of price control methods, his power to induce fear is diminishing, Max Nisen, a columnist at Bloomberg Gadfly, wrote Friday in an opinion piece.

Here are six articles published by Becker's Hospital Review this past week featuring insight on why supply chain managers often make great CEOs and the drug industry's claim that high drug prices fund innovation, among other topics.

The Food and Drug Administration is asking for public input on how the agency should define the word "healthy," reports STAT.

Reps. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., on Wednesday met with President Donald Trump to discuss strategies for lowering drug costs, reports Kaiser Health News.

The ACA replacement plan House Republicans released Monday would permanently repeal the medical device tax, reports MinnPost.