By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News Legislation championed by the independent drugstore lobby would undermine the ability of Medicare Part D plans and pharmacy benefit managers to detect pharmacy fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association said. Fraud, waste, and abuse costs Americ
May 22 A pharmacy in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn was a one-stop shop for a stunning array of illegal drugs and guns and also the source of a Medicaid fraud that attempted to bilk the system for $9,000 in phony prescriptions, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney. Store security guards Charles "Slim" Payne, 52, of Bed-Stuy, and Jowen "Sean" Bell
The easiest way for Florida to reduce costs in Medicaid is to stop overpaying drugstores and start using cutting edge marketplace tools,? said Pharmaceutical Care Management Association President and CEO Mark Merritt. By upgrading Medicaid pharmacy management, Florida policymakers can protect patients without cutting benefits or slashing pa
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As the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging reviews the successful Medicare Part D program, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association says that greater use of proven pharmacy benefit management tools can reduce costs for the program even further. Today, there are more drugstores in the U.S. than McDonald's, Burger Kings, Pizza Huts, Wendy's,
Walgreen Co., a retail drugstore chain in the United States, and Alliance Boots GmbH, an international pharmacy-led health and beauty group, announced that they have received the required regulatory clearances for their equity investment in AmerisourceBergen Corp., one of North America's largest pharmaceutical services companies.
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at China Weekly News China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd., the largest retail drugstore chain in China based on the number of directly operated stores, announced that the Company will report its first quarter 2013 financial results on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 before the U.S. market opens. The Company will host a co
In written statements submitted for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives committee hearings this week, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores noted the essential role of community pharmacy in the success of the ten-year-old Medicare Part D prescription drug program, and urged program enhancements focused on the quality and affordability
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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest Legislation championed by the independent drugstore lobby would undermine the ability of Medicare Part D plans and pharmacy benefit managers to detect pharmacy fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association said. Fraud, waste, and abuse costs A
Retail clinics, that is, clinics located in retail outlets such as drug stores, Targets and Walmarts, are likely to be visited by high-income patients, even a tad more than low-income patients, according to a new Kalorama Information report. When these clinics started, there had been some thought they might appeal to low-income consumers,? sai
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Marketing Weekly News Lil' Drug Store Products, Inc., a top supplier of consumer products to the convenience retail channel, announces a new identity for its signature category management program for convenience retailers- snap! SM Category Management Solutions. snap! Solutions is based on LDSP's decades of
