
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) such as Express Scripts are aggressively opposing the legislation, saying it will increase overall healthcare costs.
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) such as Express Scripts are aggressively opposing the legislation, saying it will increase overall healthcare costs.
Virginia recently joined Arizona, Georgia, Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas in attempting to protect pharmacies, pharmacists, and doctors involved in executions from harassment and threats for death penalty opponents.
A South Carolina pharmacist has been awarded $5.4 million as part of a Pennsylvania company’s agreement to pay more than $34 million to settle federal claims it paid kickbacks to medical suppliers.
Pharmacists and legislators are calling for the creation of a prescription drug monitoring (PDMP)) program in the Missouri – the only state without a monitoring program.
Lesinurad is indicated as an adjunctive treatment when a xanthine oxidase inhibitor alone is not producing desired results.
APhA's honorary president of the year talks about his proudest achievements and his vision for the future of the profession
AMP, FUL, Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, pharmacy reimbursement see changes and clarifications.
A study of 344 patients with anticoagulant-associated ICH found that when data were adjusted for confounding factors, warfarin use remained independently associated with larger ICH volumes.
A winter storm kept personnel from reaching the hospital. But all the patients got their meds, thanks to telepharmacists.
They arose to give independent pharmacies buying clout with wholesalers. Now these groups have become full-service organizations with the tools and talent to support successful competition in a chain- and PBM-dominated world.
Molly’s mom had a stroke, followed by hospitalization and weeks of rehabilitation. None of it had to happen.
Interested in finding out what integrative/functional pharmacy is all about? Here's a list of resources to get you started - and a thought to take away.
The future of pharmacy can be reduced to a single word.
A pioneer in the battle to win medical provider status tells how its done.
For starters, you get more than you give. Contributor Kelly Howard counts the ways.
Pharmacists can make big contributions to the healthcare team - and healthcare systems are leaning on their expertise more and more.
Heck yes, pharmacists belong on healthcare teams. Here's how they can get there.
Savvy health-system pharmacists seeking to do more with less are putting student pharmacists to work - and it's working.
This health-system pharmacy department found success through a combination of approaches.
Biomarker tests for molecularly targeted therapies need supportive infrastructure: National Academy of Medicine.
Precepting benefits the recipient, the giver, and the profession. Who doesn't like a hat trick?
Okay, RIVA may be more of a system than a robot. Regardless, this award-winning IV compounder is the one to beat.
New Rx, new generics, new formulations, and new OTC
The California legislature is considering a bill covering comprehensive medication management services under Medi-Cal.
Membership in buying groups can be important to the survival of independents. Now a new PSAO offers them "comprehensive support."
141 generic and 87 branded immediate-release opioid pain medications will be affected.
One difference is immediately noticeable.
How do you relieve a child’s nasal congestion? Some people once thought rubbing warm whiskey on a child’s sole would do the trick.
A bill that would authorize California’s Medi-Cal program to reimburse pharmacists for medication therapy management has been introduced in the State Legislature.
If nothing changes between now and 2018, we may see a 25% oversupply of pharmacists in the marketplace. Then again, we may not. What happens between now and then is, in large measure, up to us.