Chronic pain is a multi-billion dollar market saturated with well-established branded and generic analgesics that are only partially effective. While drugs with novel mechanisms of action that offer g…
In what could end up as a budget buster for the state, Maryland's Medicaid rolls went up by more than 90,000 from July 2008 to October 2009. The recession accounted for some of that rise just as…
Big contracts were renewed or awarded for the first time in the Mid-Atlantic this summer. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (the largest health insurance carrier in Virginia) and Kaiser Permanente wil…
Both Virginia and Maryland lawmakers took steps to make insurance for small businesses more affordable in their 2009 sessions. In Virginia, lawmakers passed legislation allowing health plan designs to…
Maryland lawmakers are considering ways to extend health insurance coverage despite a budget deficit and national efforts to extend health benefits. In Virginia, lawmakers turned back an attempt to le…
The District of Columbia is targeting CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in an effort to capture a portion of the large nonprofit's reserves for a new program serving the uninsured. The District has h…
Maryland regulators cited and fined Coventry Health Care after finding the carrier failed to comply with state laws regarding prompt payment of claims, appeals, greivances, and more. Meanwhile, AMERIG…
Maryland has become one of the first states to pass laws regulating the licensing and transparency of pharmacy benefits managers operating in the state. The bills were supported by the Pharmaceutical…
A much-awaited bidding process for managed care plans to serve Medicaid beneficiaries in Washington, D.C., resulted in the selection of its three existing MCOs, as well as Unison Health Plan, which is…