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HFA Observes National Hepatitis Awareness Month

HFA Observes National Hepatitis Awareness Month FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 3, 2012 Contact: Richard Pezzillo [...] Read More >>

Community Pharmacists Lose Bid to Immediately Block Express Scripts-Medco Deal

By Rebecca Adams, CQ HealthBeat Associate Editor A federal judge has denied the request of a group of community [...] Read More >>

People with Bleeding Disorders and HCV

Link to Access HCV Therapy Site Friends and supporters, We should all be enormously encouraged by the increasing [...] Read More >>

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Insurers Now Required to Use Plain Language in Describing Health Plan Benefits, Coverage

February 24th, 2012 by Eboni Morris

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Medicare Enrollment Period Ends December 7, 2011

December 2nd, 2011 by Eboni Morris

Medicare annual open enrollment ends in less than 1 week.  Medicare beneficiaries who do not have a Part D plan can enroll in one, and those who do have Part D coverage can change plans.  Beneficiaries can also return to ...

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Understanding the Debt Ceiling and the “Super Committee”

September 9th, 2011 by Eboni Morris

In early August the President signed into law the Budget Control Act of 2011, which is reported to save approximately $917 billion over the next ten years and will raise the debt ceiling by $900 billion, therefore carrying the government ...

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HFA’s 2010 State Legislative Agenda

October 20th, 2009 by crucedesign

HFA is proud to release its 2010 State Legislative Agenda. This list has been compiled after consultation with members of the Federation’s Advocacy and Executive Committees. Our intention is to create a central clearinghouse for legislative proposals which we believe ...

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Focus on Data Mining

August 21st, 2009 by crucedesign

When a patient fills a prescription at a major pharmacy, a record of that prescription (minus the patient name) is sold to companies – so-called health information organizations – that pool information from multiple pharmacies. The bundled information is combined ...

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