In its 2011 report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) oversight of the 340B Drug Pricing Program was insufficient to deliver an equitable guarantee that program participants were in compliance with program requirements. Read More »

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell -- joined by President Obama, members of Congress, insurers, business leaders and consumers -- kicked off the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network on Wednesday at a White House meeting. Read More »

Medical, vision, dental and pharmacy benefits included in plan. Read More »

The ASHP Foundation said on Tuesday that 15 pharmacists have been chosen to participate in the ASHP Research and Education Foundation’s 2015 Pain and Palliative Care Traineeship (Level Three). “The selection committee was incredibly impressed by the quality and diversity of this year's Level III applicants,” Chris Herndon, a traineeship faculty member and associate professor at Southern Illinois University's Edwardsville School of Pharmacy, said. Read More »

U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) sent a letter on Tuesday to U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg urging the FDA to withdraw the proposed “Electronic Distribution of Prescribing Information for Human Prescription Drugs, Including Biological Products” rule. Read More »

Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce and House Ways and Means committees on Tuesday introduced H.R. 2, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. Read More »

TeaserButler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences on Monday announced that this summer it will launch the nation's first open-access multimedia healthcare review journal. Read More »

An article published on the LillyPad blog yesterday focused on the reemergence of bipartisanship support for medical innovation. Read More »

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart this month announced that Iowa-based Co-Opportunity Health will cost taxpayers at least another $80 million after being declared insolvent and taken over by the state. Read More »

MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., an independent, trend-focused pharmacy benefit manager, on Monday announced it will be the first to deploy Fast Identity Online (FIDO) authentication for the health care industry. Read More »

A study published in the March issue of the journal Health Affairs suggests that most primary-care physicians are aware of prescription-drug monitoring programs, and that more physicians might use the programs if they were easier to use. Read More »

Compliance firm LegitScript, which monitors Internet-based sales of health care products for safety and legality, announced today that it is releasing a complimentary Internet pharmacy guide for domain registrars and registries. Read More »

A recent BCC Research report on allergy diagnostics and treatment revealed that complex allergies that involve polysensitization and multiple organ involvement are increasing in number, which might lead to more health problems and bigger strains on health care systems. Read More »

Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS) said on Monday that it will partner with Prime Therapeutics LLC to improve medication-use regimens through collaboration with prescription-drug plans and community pharmacies. "Prime's work with PQS supports our purpose in helping people get the medicine they need to feel better and live well," Scott Fries, senior vice president of government programs at Prime, said. Read More »

VUCA Health on Thursday announced a partnership with Extended Care Professional, a provider of electronic health and medication records, to deliver its MedOnCue video content to more than 1,000 assisted living facilities and other long-term care communities. Read More »

Survey respondents say pain medication comes at higher cost, including stigmatization. Read More »

Event will be sponsored by Parata Systems and Pharmacy Times. Read More »

Recommendations meant to improve program efficiency Read More »

Ingenico Healthcare, the dedicated division of the Ingenico Group, today announced its new fixed and evolving custom solution for pharmacies, PRIUM-4, and the new version of its pharmacy payment offer, PayPharma. Read More »

Transparency Market Research recently published a new study evaluating the impact of automation systems on the global pharmacy market. Read More »