Recertification credit hours will be offered at Midyear Clinical Meeting in New Orleans. Read More »

Shareholders approve Hans Schikan's appointment to board during annual meeting. Read More »

Aetna, Inc. and Humana, Inc. said Friday they have entered into an agreement under which Aetna will acquire all outstanding shares of Humana for a combination of cash and stock valued at $37 billion. Read More »

Benevere Pharmacy announced on July 2 that URAC, an organization dedicated to healthcare quality though accreditation, has approved Benevere for specialty pharmacy accreditation. Read More »

SuiteRx, leaders in pharmacy performance management software, has announced the appointment of Nicholas Zener as new CEO, and his upcoming attendance to the Cardinal Health RBC event at the Venetian Las Vegas. Read More »

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy CEO Edith A. Rosato announced July 1 her retirement from the academy, effective Dec. 31. Read More »

Centene Corporation and Health Net Inc. announced today that the board of directors from each company has unanimously approved a definitive agreement for Centene to acquire all shares of Health Net. Read More »

in the July issue of the Atlantic Information Services newsletter, executives at two Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans and a Blues-owned pharmacy-benefit manager (PBM) shared some of the strategies Blues plans are using to lessen the financial impact of generic-drug price inflation. Read More »

Deadline extended until Nov. 1 to give health systems more time to comply. Read More »

New exchange plan enrollees spent less on medications in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same time last year, according to the third edition of the Express Scripts Exchange Pulse report, which was released Wednesday of this week. Read More »

In a letter sent Tuesday to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Biosimilars Council joined a group of health care stakeholders arguing adopting distinguishable names for biosimilars and biologics would create hurdles for patient's access to new, more affordable medicines. Read More »

Similar to doctors, pharmacists need to be a part of a larger group to afford investments in electronic health record systems and other technology, according to The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism. Read More »

CVS Health on June 24 announced it has entered into new clinical affiliations with Sutter Health in California, Millennium Physician Group in Florida, Bryan Health Connect in Nebraska, and Mount Kisco Medical Group in New York. Read More »

For the eighth consecutive year, Rite Aid is serving as the presenting sponsor of The Skin Cancer Foundation’s annual Road to Healthy Skin Tour, which started Monday. Read More »

Rite Aid Corp. yesterday announced that Bryan Everett will be the new executive vice president of store operations, effective Aug. 3. Read More »

Ascendant Solutions Inc. yesterday announced that its health care subsidiary, Dougherty’s Holdings, acquired The Medicine Shoppe pharmacy in McAlester, Oklahoma. Read More »

Pharmacy Marketing recently announced the release of a new pharmacy newsletter management service. Read More »

Immune Pharmaceuticals, Inc., said Monday it entered into a definitive license and research agreement with Yissum to license some Yissum's patents for the development and commercialization of a topical nano-formulated version of AmiKet. AmiKet, a topical drug for the treatment of neuropathic pain, has undergone trials involving more than 1,700 patients demonstrating comparable effectiveness to the high dose of the oral standard of care, gabapentin in a double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II c Read More »

Recipharm, a Sweden-based contract development and manufacturing organization, said Monday that Amine Tahiri is joining its development services sales team as sales director for France. Tahiri’s appointment takes effect Wednesday and is part of Recipharm’s effort to increase the volume of its business and revenues in European markets. Read More »

Home Care Pharmacy said on Monday that it is offering free assistance to customers who need help with health care insurance paperwork. The new laws on health care insurance are enabling many people to obtain important prescription medication sand medical supplies, but many individuals are not sure how to comply with the new rules and regulations affecting insurance coverage of medical supplies. Read More »