Topic: Gerard Anderson

Substituting generic medications for brand-name drugs requested by prescribing physicians would save the Medicare Part D program nearly $1 billion annually, an analysis published Tuesday by JAMA Network Open.

The Navy's Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and Romanian forces completed close air support exercises last weekend, ahead of the Lincoln's deployment to the Straight of Hormuz this week.

Groups charged with protecting patients rights took big money from drug companies, a new study says.

Major U.S. teaching hospitals are often considered more expensive than the competition, but a new study suggests they may have an important quality advantage.

Patients using specialists outside their health-plan network often receive bills for services that cost far more than what Medicare considers fair, a study says.

Huge price markups at hospitals, with some as large as 20 times the actual cost, are based on increasing revenue simply because they can, researchers say.

Most hospitals lose money on patient services, especially non-profits, but a new study found 7 of the 10 most profitable hospitals in the U.S. are non-profit.

Jeff Teague scored 24 points Thursday to lead No. 24 Wake Forest in a 75-69 win over Cal State-Fullerton at the Anaheim (Calif.) Classic.

U.S. researchers Thursday said Medicare could eliminate a coverage gap in its drug benefit if it paid the same prices for drugs as other countries.

A comparison of U.S. healthcare with four other industrialized nations has yielded mixed results, patents are less important than poverty as a roadblock to access to medication in developing countries, and other news of interest to the healthcare industry