The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste says controversial proposed bills on Capitol Hill would interfere with the market dynamics that have helped keep down costs while raising beneficiary satisfaction with Medicare Part D. Read More »
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) launched an advertising campaign on Tuesday to keep preferred pharmacy plans within Medicare plans.A proposed set of bills would disallow Medicare plans from creating pharmacy networks that are able to offer better prices over competitors. Read More »
The American Pharmacists Association has published the third edition of APhA’s Immunization Handbook, a reference that provides useful and timely updates for pharmacists and staff involved in pharmacy-based immunization services. Read More »
Underserved Areas Enhancement Act would make sure all Medicare patients received pharmacy services. Read More »
H.R. 2175 would also cut premiums for workers and retirees Read More »
The American Pharmacists Association has just published the fourth edition of “Peripheral Brain for the Pharmacist,” a reference used by student pharmacists and practitioners. “Peripheral Brain for the Pharmacist” is an assortment of more than 35 core reference materials that are printed on lab-coat-pocket-size, laminated cards that are hole-punched with a metal ring to hold the collection together. Read More »
The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) released a white paper on the risks high specialty drug prices pose to patients and the health care system on Monday. Read More »
Atlantic Information Services Inc. (AIS) on Tuesday announced that all 2014 data on the prescription drug benefit offerings of commercial health plans is available for full use in a fully interactive demo of AIS’s Rx Benefit Data. Read More »
Children with neurological disorders are slightly more likely to develop complications from influenza, but a new study shows that they are no likelier to be vaccinated than those without such ailments, researchers have concluded. Read More »
According to a survey of 443 employers conducted by WorldatWork and underwritten by HealthMine, wellness programs aren’t being held accountable for lowering health care costs. Read More »
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) today applauded Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper for signing Senate Bill 71, legislation that creates a pathway for the substitution of interchangeable biologic medicines. Read More »
The Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), sponsored by American biopharmaceutical research companies to connect uninsured or under-insured Americans with programs that provide prescription medicines for free or minimal costs, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week. Read More »
Atlantic Information Services Inc. (AIS) researchers examined the pharmacy-benefit parameters of risk-based commercial plans, offered in the individual and small-group markets during 2014, and found that coverage of specialty pharmaceuticals still differs widely among plans. Read More »
The American Pharmacists Association's House of Delegates voted on Monday to adopt a new policy that discourages the participation of pharmacists in executions because it contradicts the mission of a pharmacist. “The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) discourages pharmacist participation in executions on the basis that such activities are fundamentally contrary to the role of pharmacists as providers of health care,” the newly adopted policy said. 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 »
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 »
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 »
Recommendations meant to improve program efficiency Read More »
Pharmaceutical group sees no benefit to SB 5857. Read More »
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