Health Plan & Provider Report Index Summary

GENERIC DRUGS

– Chronic illness, BCBS of N.C. waives copayments, 38
– Miss. Medicaid, pharmacists sue over reimbursement cuts (Miss. Ch. Ct.), 533
– PBM

– – Copayments, Independence BC of Pa. waives, 706
– – Use increase saved billions in 2007, Express Scripts report, 297

– Prices

– – Antitrust, treble damages for insurers where maker retained anxiety medication supplies to raise costs (D.D.C.), 155
– – Part D, 10 percent drop for beneficiaries, report, 546

GENETICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

– Bias ban bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 493

– Electronic health records, potential negative impact of private sector data banks on biomedical research, article, 448
– Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, scope and employer restrictions discussed, BNA Analysis, 592; correction, 606
– Personalized medicine, privacy concerns over genetic and historical data misuse, report, 144

GEORGIA

– High-deductible health plan tax credit, lawmakers approve bill, 424; new law, 525
– Medicaid

– – Disabled child, program must pay for medically necessary skilled in-home nursing care (N.D. Ga.), 683
– – HMOs, emergency services coverage bill approved, 424
– – Managed care plans, new law requires streamlined appeal process, 578

GIFTS

– N.Y. physicians from drug firms, governor proposes bill to limit, 580

GRANTS

– Health information technology

– – N.Y. awards for community-based projects, 401
– – Nonprofits, joint effort to create public-private group, 115

– Preventive care, Medicare beneficiary study, 31