October 17th 2024
James Rider, PharmD, shared his experiences as a pharmacy manager at CVS.
October 15th 2024
Drug Topics sat down with Adam J. James, PharmD, to discuss learnings from his extensive experience at Rite Aid.
October 2nd 2023
September 20th 2023
Suicides among health care professionals are estimated to occur at a higher rate than in the general public.
August 13th 2023
What can pharmacists do to bring innovative care models into their stores to serve their communities?
N.Y. hospital retail pharmacy aims to cut readmission rates
Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, N.Y., recently opened the first fully-functioning retail pharmacy in a hospital in the area.
2016 formulary exclusions in 9 key areas
CVS/Caremark and Express Scripts, the two biggest players in the pharmacy benefits management industry, have both added medications to their exclusion lists.
Nine tips on how to manage like a boss
Three community pharmacy professionals share their top tips on what makes pharmacists successful managers.
Safeguarding the U.S. drug supply
The product-tracing deadline has been extended to November 1. Other requirements are on schedule. Here's what you have to do, and when you have to do it.
Don’t like working for “The Man”? Do something about it!
Confronted by overwhelming workplace challenges, pharmacists sometimes forget they have options. It's time to step outside the limits of habitual thinking and take a look around.
Jump start your immunization practice with “The Pink Book”
Start your immunization practice here.
CVS, hospitals undertake naloxone pharmacy study
Researchers plan to study the best way to deploy pharmacy-based naloxone rescue kits to help prevent opioid overdoses and deaths.
CVS/Caremark dropping Viagra from its coverage list
Beginning next year, CVS/Caremark will no longer provide insurance coverage for the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra.
Pharmacy mistakes, Part 3: State BOPs and public safety
When people are injured by pharmacy mistakes, it is a public safety issue. Where are the state boards of pharmacy?
CVS reports strong second quarter with specialty pharmacy growth
CVS Health reported a strong second quarter in 2015 with overall net revenue up 7.4% to $37.2 million, compared to the same period last year.
CVS harnessing IBM’s Watson to improve patient care
CVS Health is partnering with IBM to document and analyze patient behaviors so that pharmacists and other healthcare professionals can better manage chronic illnesses.
Why so many pharmacy robberies in Indiana?
Many people are pondering that question following the recent release of statistics from the Drug Enforcement Administration that showed Indiana led the nation in pharmacy robberies.
Does CVS overcharge some customers for generics?
That’s the allegation made in a potential class action lawsuit that claims CVS deliberately overcharged some customers for generic drugs by submitting claims to their insurance companies at inflated prices.
CVS settles three pharmacist-overtime lawsuits
CVS has agreed to pay $7.4 million to more than 1,600 pharmacists throughout California who claimed the retail giant forced employees to work seven days in a row without paying overtime.
Walgreens expands free HIV testing in Virginia
In partnership with the Virginia Department of Health, Walgreens has increased its number of locations to 32 where free HIV testing is offered.
Walgreens-owned pharmacy settles second fraudulent billing case
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently announced that a Walgreens-owned pharmacy must repay $22.4 million to the state’s Medicaid program for filing false billings.
Pharmacy school pilots degree program with CVS employees
The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy has created a program that will allow working pharmacy professionals to earn a master of science in pharmacy business administration.
Pseudoephedrine primer: Federal and state regulations
Federal and state laws impose limits on the amount of pseudoephedrine a person may buy and a pharmacy may sell. Your state's limits may be more strict than the limits imposed by the feds.
When lawmakers prescribe
Is it really good medicine when legislators call the shots?
Provider pharmacists and union employees
In this country, the practice of pharmacy is valued in two markedly different ways. Consequently, two different responses are necessary.
Pharmacists on the frontline of preventive healthcare services
For patients, preventive services are a vital healthcare resource. For the healthcare delivery system, they produce cost savings. Pharmacists are a key link.
More Rx-to-OTC switches on the horizon?
Statins and ED drugs lead the way, and there are plenty more on the horizon.
Rite Aid to offer skin cancer screenings
As sponsor of The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Road to Healthy Skin Tour, Rite Aid will offer free skin cancer screenings at locations in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia this summer.
Restrictions on pseudoephedrine sales foiling illegal meth labs
The number of methamphetamine lab seizures in West Virginia is plummeting, and some are attributing that decline to pharmacy restrictions on pseudoephedrine products such as Sudafed and Claritin-D.
DEA using billboards to track pharmacy thieves
The Drug Enforcement Administration is using billboards to post the faces of people suspected of looting dozens of pharmacies during Baltimore’s Freddie Gray riots in April.
Pharmacist wins round in Walmart fight
The lawsuit gained new life recently when Guilford denied Walmart’s motion to dismiss it, ruling Nikmanesh had sufficiently addressed the factual allegation deficiencies in an amended complaint.
Publix to invest $15 million in pharmacy expansion
Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix Super Markets is planning to invest $15 million to expand its pharmacy distribution services.
Retail pharmacy: Know the marketplace to grow the customer base
Expert tips on attracting and keeping retail pharmacy customers
DEA investigates Costco’s painkiller dispensing
The Drug Enforcement Administration has issued subpoenas to Costco Wholesale Corp. concerning its practices related to dispensing controlled substances.
Pharmacists of America: Which side are you on?
To relieve intractable working conditions, pharmacists will have to join together. It's time to unionize.