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Wednesday, August 21, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Rite Aid Changes Legal Leadership Again as Bankruptcy Exit Nears »
Rite Aid Corp.’s chief legal officer Thomas Sabatino Jr. has left the bankrupt retailer after roughly a year in the role a...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Understanding Pharmacy Deserts: How Can We Impact This Growing Trend? »
When a community loses a pharmacy, it loses a trusted health care provider. Understanding the root causes of these closure...
Tuesday, August 20, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
FDA Approves First Nasal Spray for Treatment of Anaphylaxis »
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved neffy (epinephrine nasal spray) for the emergency treatment of aller...
Thursday, August 15, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Are PBM Regulations Being Enforced by Your State? Let Your Voice Be Heard! »
When PBMs violate state law, pharmacies need to scream from the mountain tops. Get the ball rolling by filing a complaint...
Thursday, August 15, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
The Double Threat: Ransomware Attack Followed by HIPAA Non-Compliance Settlement »
Imagine getting a papercut then moments later, cleansing your hands with alcohol hand sanitizer—you can almost feel the in...
Thursday, August 8, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
States Want to Lower Drug Prices. A Federal Law Stands in Their Way »
Oliver Lackey opened a pharmacy in his hometown of Fairview, Oklahoma, so he could “provide the best patient care.” He set...
Thursday, August 8, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Arkansas Fines Major PBMs for Underpaying Pharmacies »
The Arkansas Insurance Department is cracking down on law-breaking by four pharmacy benefit managers after years of violat...
Thursday, August 8, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
FDA Keeps GLP-1s on Shortage List, Despite Them Being “Available” or Having “Limited Availability” »
While the FDA recently stated that GLP-1s are either “available” or have “limited availability,” it has kept them on its d...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Alternative PBMs Arise to Compete With the 'Big Three' »
As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Congress turn their attention opens in a new tab or window to the business pract...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Untangling The $500 Billion PBM Web: The Opaque Relationship Between Employers And Drug Middlemen »
On the heels of the FTC’s investigation into pharmacy benefit managers for what many regard as anti-competitive business p...
Thursday, August 1, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Pharmacist Prescribing Can Reduce Stroke Risk in A-Fib Patients »
THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Community pharmacists can play an effective role in closing gaps in the deliver...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Pharmacy Outage Update: »
When the point of sale went down and we lost PA services, this also impacted PA on the medical (PRISM) side.  (The PA...
Monday, July 29, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
CMS National Pharmacy Inflation Reduction Act Educational Outreach Campaign »
CMS is spearheading a National Pharmacy Educational Outreach Campaign on the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan, a provisi...
Monday, July 29, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
HHS Shuffle Aims to Address Cyberthreats, AI »
The Biden administration is overhauling its health IT bureaucracy to address the proliferation of cyberattacks on the sect...
Friday, July 26, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
FTC to Host Public Discussion of Pharmacy Benefit Manager Report »
The hot seat in Washington, D.C., could get hotter for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) when the Federal Trade Commission...
Friday, July 26, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Too Big Not To Fail: NCPA Seeks Relief From Change Healthcare »
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Providers need to be compensated for losses incurred as the result of massive cyberattack earlier this y...
Friday, July 26, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Pharmacy Group, Providers Sue Over Change Outage »
A pharmacy group joined providers in filing a class-action lawsuit on July 19 over February’s cyberattack against Change H...
Thursday, July 25, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
States Keep Legal Pressure on PBMs Ahead of Potential FTC Suit »
States are charging ahead with drug price-fixing lawsuits against pharmacy benefit managers, viewing the litigation as a m...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCPA Renews Call For PBM Reform After Latest Hearing »
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association in a statement criticized pharmacy benefit managers who a...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Oral Dissolvable Birth Control Pill Receives Approval From the FDA »
The FDA approved norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol (Femlyv; Afaxys Pharma), an oral dissolvable birth control pi...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Fan the Fire of PBM Reform Momentum – Send Letters NOW! »
It was a big week of action as congressional leaders, pharmacy associations, and dedicated advocates engaged full force to...
Monday, July 22, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCPA Representative Discusses Role in Influencing PBM Reform »
At the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), Steve Postal, JD, Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, hel...
Monday, July 22, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
A Discontinued Asthma Medication Has Patients Scrambling, Some To the ER »
When Jacqueline Vakil needed a refill for Flovent, her 4-year-old son’s asthma medicine, she couldn’t get it. The drugmake...
Monday, July 22, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
How FTC's Battle With PBMs Could Reshape The Pharmaceutical Industry »
Pharmacy Benefit Managers have been one of the most powerful and least discussed segments of the healthcare industry—until...
Monday, July 22, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCPA Leads Retail Pharmacy in a Class Action Suit for Data Breach and Losses »
Plaintiffs say defendants failed to secure its network failed to provide adequate guidance, and cost them money   ALE...
Friday, July 19, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Lawmakers, Pharmacy Officials Celebrate New Legislation Targeting PBMs With Policy Reform »
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A celebration was held Friday in Cambria County to celebrate the general assembly passing legi...
Monday, July 15, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Walgreens’ Closings Reflect Industrywide Strains »
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance has declared it will close a “significant portion” of its underperforming store...
Monday, July 15, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
FTC Intends to Sue Biggest Pharmacy Benefit Managers for Unfair Negotiating Tactics »
In a follow-up to the interim FTC report documenting the business practices of PBMs and the power they hold in the pharmac...
Sunday, July 14, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Walgreens’ Finances Are in Dire Straits — But All Hope Is Not Lost »
What is going on at Walgreens?  If you’re someone who has followed the healthcare stock market over the past few yea...
Friday, July 12, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Advocate for Georgia Pharmacies Fired Over Social Media Post »
ATLANTA – A former president of the Georgia Pharmacy Association has been fired by a prominent health-care services compan...
Tuesday, July 9, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
FTC Releases Interim Staff Report on Prescription Drug Middlemen »
Report details how prescription drug middleman profit at the expense of patients by inflating drug costs and squeezing Mai...
Saturday, June 15, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
“Time Is Now” - NACDS PBM Reform »
Help us push full throttle for pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms by adding your voice to those featured in a new adve...
Friday, June 14, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
“Finish the Fight” Campaign Recruits Patients for Payment Reform Push »
PBMs are Leeches: First video spot explains pharmacy benefit managers' role in higher drug prices   ALEXANDRIA, Va....
Thursday, June 13, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
FDA Grants DSCSA Exemption to Small Dispensers  »
FDA is issuing exemptions from certain requirements of section 582 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to small dispens...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024   (0 Comments - view/add)
Biden Plan To Save Medicare Patients Money on Drugs Risks Empty Shelves, Pharmacists Say »
Months into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for Medicare patients, independent pharmacists...

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