
Phase 2 of OCR's HIPAA audit program kicked off in March. Pharmacies, among a host of other healthcare providers, health plans, clearinghouses, and business associates, are subject to possible audit.

Phase 2 of OCR's HIPAA audit program kicked off in March. Pharmacies, among a host of other healthcare providers, health plans, clearinghouses, and business associates, are subject to possible audit.

Wellspring provides the questionnaires and the physicians, who evaluate the information. Pharmacies make nutritional suggestions when appropriate, and patients get more attention. The idea is, everybody benefits.

A study of nearly 32,000 aging veterans revealed the unsuspected vulnerability of this population.

Selexipag is a first-in-class oral treatment option to reduce progression and hospitalization for pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Nowadays, we think of generics as economical options. Not so long ago, plenty of folks thought of them as sacrilege.

New Rx, formulation, biosimilar, indication, generics, OTC, and device/app.

Plenty of options on the pharmacy shelves to keep those dogs from barking.

Now, that pharmacist on the other side of the country is only a mouse-click away.

The law aims to reduce prescription drug abuse while ensuring access for patients who need Rx painkillers to control their chronic pain.

Cases have been identified in the U.S. Now summer is coming, and this virus is most commonly transmitted by mosquitoes, so it is expected to spread more widely.

Pharmacists who want to move forward in their professional practice need structure and guidelines. These might fill the bill.

Walgreens’ posting of a sympathetic blog about the use of medical marijuana has created quite a buzz, with some online observers speculating the retail chain has its sight on that lucrative industry.

It's a modest proposal with potential for significant consequences. And all it will cost is a little more time.

Cedarville University’s (CU) School of Pharmacy in Ohio recently held a hooding ceremony for its first PharmD graduates.

While many groups are criticizing the FDA backlog of generic drug approvals, the agency has released the numbers on approvals and tentative approvals for 2015.

Five years of imatinib treatment for CML = >$100,000 saved per patient.

This time it's Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers

Who says the options are limited? Not this family.

That’s the question a Richmond, Va. jury will decide in a case involving a pharmacist who accuses the retail giant of defamation, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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.