State and Federal Medicaid to Share $15M From BioScrip to Resolve Kickback …

State and federal Medicaid to share M from BioScrip to resolve kickback …
OLYMPIA — Washington state will receive a total of roughly $ 98,000 as part of a $ 15 million state-federal settlement with BioScrip, Inc., a pharmacy that provided prescription drugs to Medicaid patients. The settlement resolves allegations that … Read more on Access Washington

Economic forecast features a mix of good, bad
CHARLESTON — The economic forecast for West Virginia is a mixed bag of good and bad, but perhaps the worst news a West Virginia University professor offered Wednesday is that the prescription drug abuse problem in the state will blunt any economic … Read more on Beckley Register-Herald

Retinal Imaging May Identify Schizophrenia
… of the eye, which gives a window into what's probably going on with the blood vessels in the brain," coinvestigator Terrie E. Moffitt, PhD, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, told Medscape Medical … Read more on Medscape

Is Drug Testing Welfare Applicants a Waste of Money?
In August, Republican North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory vetoed a drug testing bill, calling it “not a smart way to combat drug abuse.” After his veto was overridden, McCrory promised not to implement the law until legislators appropriated money to pay … Read more on AllGov