A new bill unanimously passed by the Senate Wednesday would prohibit Medicare insurers from preventing pharmacies from telling consumers if their prescription drugs are cheaper if they pay out of pocket versus through their insurance.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), whose members include manufacturers of medical imaging equipment, announced Philip Squair as its new vice president of government relations. He will lead the association’s advocacy and lobbying efforts, according to Sept. 6 release from NEMA.

In the middle of a national opioid epidemic, one major health insurance provider has decided it will no longer cover OxyContin prescriptions next year.

London—September 7, 2018—BTG plc (LSE: BTG), the global specialist healthcare company, today announces it has acquired Novate Medical Ltd. (“Novate”), a medical device company focused on the prevention of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients at high risk of venous thromboembolic events.

Carestream Health has started shipping a new version of software for its Carestream OnSight 3D Extremity System that offers new standard features as well as optional enhanced metal artifact reduction software that can improve visibility of anatomy around metallic objects.

Two new studies underscore that Medicare’s bundled payment for care improvement (BPCI) programs are helping provide better quality care to patients.

The personal health information of nearly 20,000 children was exposed after a mailing error, according to a report by the Kansas City Star.

A German-led research team has developed a new nuclear medicine imaging technique that outperforms standard tumor imaging by targeting cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

A peer-reviewed study published in Clinical Toxicology this week warns competitive athletes—and cardiac patients—against consuming supplements that might contain higenamine, a stimulant that’s poorly regulated and could pose a considerable threat to heart health.

Researchers may have identified a new biomarker that can help diagnose autism spectrum disorder in some children, according to a study published in Biological Psychiatry.