The House Committee on Ways and Means passed multiple bills last week to protect Medicare, including the Protecting the Integrity of Medicare Act of 2015. Read More »

Congressman Bruce Poliquin recently wrote to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about a rule that could enable pharmaceutical companies to distribute prescription information through electronics rather than through paper. The letter, which he sent to Dr. Margaret Hamburg (Commissioner of the FDA), opposes the idea that the companies should be allowed to electronically send such information to health care professionals. His reasoning is that there are still many families witho Read More »

A survey by Xcenda, published in the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s March edition of “Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy,” showed that 75 percent of pharmacists are most confident substituting interchangeable biosimilars for brand biologics when products share non-property name. Read More »

Bravos Private Equity Partners, LLC, a private investment firm, said on Thursday that it has agreed to sell its portfolio company, Healthcare Solutions, to Catamaran Corp. Read More »

Omnicell, a provider of medication and supply management solutions to health care systems and pharmacies, said on Thursday that it signed an agreement to purchase MACH4 Pharma Systems, which supplies highly automated medication management systems to over 1,000 retail hospitals and pharmacies in Europe, China and the Middle East. Read More »

A bill was introduced in the U.S. House this week to prevent Medicare fraud. Read More »

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores urged recognition of pharmacist as health care providers Read More »

TeaserRetail Management Solutions, a leader in POS systems that supplies small pharmacies with specialized POS software, on Thursday announced a partnership with VUCA Health that will allow clients access to a new feature called MedsOnCue. Read More »

Navitus Health Solutions, LLC, a national pharmacy benefit manager, on Wednesday announced that it is opening a new regional office in Phoenix in order to accommodate the company’s great corporate growth. Navitus anticipates moving into the new space in spring 2015. Read More »

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc., and BioRx, LLC, on Thursday announced an agreement in which Diplomat will acquire BioRx. Read More »

Buck Consultants at Xerox released the findings from the 2014 annual “Prescription Drug Benefit Survey” which revealed that 77 percent employers spend 16 percent or more of their total healthcare budget on pharmacy benefits for employees and almost five percent of employers spend more than 30 percent on pharmacy. Read More »

PeformRx said on Tuesday that it is launching HealthNHandSM, a personalized digital mobile platform that is aimed at improving medication-regimen adherence for asthma patients. Read More »

The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute (PBMI), a national organization committed to research and education of pharmacy benefit management, said on Monday that it has hired Sharon Glave Frazee to be its new vice president of research and education. Read More »

Inovalon, a technology company that provides cloud-based data analytics and data driven intervention platforms to the healthcare industry, on Tuesday announced a multi-year expansion of its relationship with Walgreens. Read More »

A 2014 report by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association said that specialty and mail-service pharmacies will save consumers, employers and other payers more than $300 billion over the next 10 years Read More »

Pfizer, Inc. recently named ExceleraRX Corp. to its limited drug distribution network. Read More »

Iowa Insurance Commissioner, Nick Gerhart, on Feb.18 encouraged individuals in Iowa still in CoOportinity health plans to move. Read More »

TRICAST touts new online pharmacy benefit surveillance, analytics system Read More »

American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to expand its partnership with PrescribeWellness, a cloud based services company. Read More »

Catamaran Corp. said on Monday that Mike Shapiro, chief financial officer, will make a presentation at the Cowen and Company 35th Annual Health Care Conference next week in Boston. Read More »