Kevin Knauss: Health, History, Travel, Insurance
Post related to drugs or prescription medication coverage in health plans for individuals, families, small groups, and Medicare.
With only one manufacturer of the Shingles Vaccine, Zostavax from Merck, there are no generic prices on the market. The retail price for Zostavax at the local pharmacies I surveyed is fairly consistent across the board. Lower prices can be found under different Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans, but even with insurance, there can be a spread of $115 to $170 difference in the cost.
My first memory of the prolonged itching sensation on my arms and neck was during a summer school biology course when I was 14 years old. The distraction of constantly wanting to scratch while trying to focus on cutting up a frog was pure torture. This seemingly random condition, for which no other friend or family member suffered, would follow me through young adulthood and on into middle age.
CMS cited numerous failures on the part of SmartD Rx to properly handle member’s prescription drug and enrollment transactions.
The contradictory nature of Washington lawmakers was on full display this past week as they lobbied the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) not to cut reimbursements to privately run Medicare Advantage plans while allowing the budget sequester to curtail funding for Medicare cancer patients.
Web query surveillance, while practiced by the federal government for sometime to identify terrorist activities, may become an emerging tool for product marketing and health indicators in the future.
All sides of the gun control debate agree that access to mental healthcare for those most at risk for committing gun violence is crucial to reducing shootings.
I now know that I have been having outbreaks of the shingles on my legs these past couple of years.
