Thursday Links

Deregulation lets pharmacist treat opioid overdoses without a doctor’s approval. The results are good.

Why the AMA is wrong about pre-authorizations.

Only 21.1%  of hospital websites fully comply with a 2021 regulation that requires hospitals to post their prices. 

What’s wrong with PBMs: In Oklahoma, Caremark overcharged the state employee health plan by over $120,000 annually for a cancer drug; and in Illinois, a cancer patient paid hundreds more for her medication due to Caremark’s insistence on a higher-priced version. Express Scripts charged a New Jersey retiree $211 for a drug he could have bought for $22 at Costco.

The Joint Economic Committee estimates obesity will cause upward of $8.2 trillion in “excess medical expenditures” in the next 10 years.