Linda Cahn, leader of the National Prescription Coverage Coalition, in a warning to chief financial officers and human resource executives, said on Tuesday that a recent study conducted by her firm reveals that many pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs) refill practices may be unnecessarily increasing prescription drug costs. Read More »

CVS Health said on Tuesday that it has established new clinical affiliations with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Tucson Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, as well as the latter's accountable-care organization, Arizona Connected Care. Read More »

Medical technology firm Zynex, Inc., announced Monday that it has received license approval from the state of Oregon for its compound pharmacy business, Pharmazy. Read More »

Daniel Soland joins biopharmaceutical company. Read More »

In the wake of the fiscal collapse of Iowa’s CoOportunity Health, a health insurance company set up under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government should stay out of the healthcare business, a watchdog group said on Monday.HeadlineaBodyIn the wake of the fiscal collapse of Iowa’s CoOportunity Health, a health insurance company set up under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government should stay out of the healthcare business, a watchdog group said on Monday. Read More »

Service Quality Management Group (SQM), a leading North American research company, recently granted Prime Therapeutics, LLC an award for its excellence in call center practices. Read More »

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has launched its new education training program, ADAPT, from the 2015 APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition, APhA2015. Read More »

OptumRX, UnitedHealth Group’s pharmacy-care services business, and Catamaran Corp., a provider of pharmacy-benefit services and technology solutions, said on Monday that they have agreed to a merger. Read More »

More than 359 pharmacy advocates from 44 different states met with members of Congress last week during the seventh annual NACDS RxIMPACT Day on Capitol Hill. Read More »

RegionalCare Hospital Partners on Thursday announced it is working with RelayHealth to provide health care professionals and patients with seamless access to complete, longitudinal records that capture clinical information from various care settings. Read More »

The Patient Access to Pharmacists’ Care Coalition (PAPCC), a group of more than 24 organizations representing patients, pharmacies, pharmacists and other stakeholders, announced on Wednesday the launch of an expanded media initiative. Read More »

Ohio Pharmacy Counseling Services, Ltd., announced on Thursday that it has licensed ActualMeds’ cloud-based comprehensive medication management software to be used by its national network of licensed consulting pharmacists. Read More »

Group joins president in launching initiative to improve health care and reduce costs. Read More »

Omnicell, Inc., announced on Wednesday that it will exhibit the addition of its automated medication cabinets with MACH4's modular robotic solutions at the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists until March 27. Read More »

In a recent blog post on Cardinal Health’s thought leadership site, Essential Insights, Cardinal Health’s medication therapy management product leader, Brad Tice, said that now is the time to fully measure return on investment (ROI) of medication therapy management (MTM). Read More »

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 »