Verona-based Epic plans to allow pharmacies to share cash prices with health systems using its software starting next summer.
Custom Health, a Canadian healthcare tech company, has inked a binding letter of intent to buy Evergreen Pharmacy, a specialty pharmacy in West Allis, for $3.5 million.
Ascension Wisconsin will open a permanent specialty pharmacy next month in Franklin.
The specialty pharmacy owned by Navitus Health Solutions, a Madison-based pharmacy benefit manager that passes on drug rebates and discounts to payers, has launched a company focused on the drug supply chain.
The board overseeing the state employee health plan held off on making decisions Wednesday on whether to establish a program that counts drug coupons toward members’ cost-sharing limits and whether to increase what members pay out of pocket for care.
Medical College of Wisconsin CEO Dr. John Raymond reflected on leading the state’s private medical school for more than 15 years and what’s next for healthcare at a Wisconsin Health News event this week.
State lawmakers are taking another run at allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control.
First responders would have to carry medical devices to treat severe allergic reactions, under a bill lawmakers are considering.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice said Wednesday the state will receive $15.8 million from a settlement with Johnson & Johnson that resolves allegations the pharmaceutical company misled consumers about the safety of some talcum powder products, including baby and body powder.
A Wisconsin Health News panel in Madison this week debated the role of drug middlemen, as lawmakers consider a bill that would curtail some of the practices of pharmacy benefit managers, which manage drug plans for employers, insurers and others.
Changes could be coming to legislation aiming to reform practices by drug middlemen and protect independent pharmacies, the author behind the bill said at a Wisconsin Health News event Wednesday.
A sweeping bill targeting practices used by pharmacy middlemen received a public hearing last week in the Senate.
