HomeCare Editors’ Top 5: Week of July 13

Hospitals Slam GAO Finding that 340B Drug Discounts Fuel Prescribing

Hospitals say the Government Accountability Office used faulty methodology when it found that hospitals that serve high numbers of low income patients abuse a federal drug discount by overprescribing medications. (Virgil Dickson/Modern Healthcare)

Investors Pile Into Health Care Start-Ups in 2015

A record amount of money surged into digital health start-ups last year and, so far in 2015, the capital continues to rush into these private companies. (Josh Lipton/CNBC)

Doc Faces 175-Year Sentence for Home Care Kickbacks, Unneeded Chemo

Soliciting kickbacks for home care referrals is enough to land any physician in jail or a hefty fine, but this was far from the most serious offense in the case of one Detroit-area doctor who could spend 175 years in prison for defrauding Medicare. (Jason Oliva/Home Health Care News)

CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking

The CVS Health Corporation said on Tuesday that it would resign from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce after revelations that the chamber and its foreign affiliates were undertaking a global lobbying campaign against antismoking laws. (Danny Hakim/The New York Times)

Cures Legislation Heads to the Floor

A massive healthcare bill aimed at speeding up development of new treatments will head to the House floor, supporters say. (Healthcare Examiner via Washington Examiner)