Chain Pharmacy

The three biggest items on NCPA's agenda are generic drug pricing, fairness in preferred pharmacy networks, and provider status.

Some tips for pharmacists adopting EHRs, including what to tell your vendors.

Here are a few things to bear in mind as you fill out those MAPs.

Even in the best of circumstances, mistakes happen. CQI can keep them from becoming medication errors that reach the patients.

The recent FIP conference spotlighted innovations in pharmacogenomics.

Building a new pharmacy? Whether for independents or retail chains, here are some useful considerations.

An Ohio family practice and a local Kroger store teamed up to share access to patient records. Who benefited? Only everybody.

The first touch-screen pharmacy management system is here.

In his recent, two-part series, Dennis Miller opined that large, enviable paychecks are still plentiful, but job satisfaction remains elusive for many pharmacists working for retail chains.

Months after a manufacturer drew widespread criticism from consumer groups and politicians for raising the price of pyrimethamine (Daraprim) by more than 5000%, Express Scripts, the nation’s largest PBM, has announced it will make the drug available for about $1 per pill.

Walgreens is partnering with a California-based company to provide home delivery of prescriptions to its customers in the Dallas, Texas area.

If you think legalization of marijuana is such a good thing, take a look at what's been going on in Colorado.

Since age discrimination is illegal, managers are going to look for a workaround. That's where key performance metrics come in.

Rite Aid is the first U.S. pharmacy chain to do so.

You want to see change in the way pharmacists are treated? Change what you're doing - and start with incorrect Rxs.

The U.S. Senate will conduct a bipartisan investigation into pharmaceutical drug prices following recent public and political outrage over drastic price increases for certain drugs.

The MDLive telehealth services available through Walgreens’ mobile application are now available to users in 25 states and promises better functionality and integration.

Maybe retail pharmacy organizations should take a look at their priorities before they find themselves at an evolutionary dead end.

New Rx, generics, OTC, devices, apps, and more.

A new in-hospital Meijer pharmacy will be used to review medications with patients before discharge and to enroll patients in the retailer’s adherence programs.

Caremark has gained approval and the promise of tax incentives to expand its business operations near Orlando, Fla.

The Fairhaven Pharmacy in Bellingham, Washington closed its doors on Oct. 20, 2015.

Chain stores often require pharmacists to dispense 300 or more prescriptions a day. That's 37.5 Rxs an hour in an 8-hour shift or 1.6 minutes per prescription. You can't even get a doc on the phone in that amount of time.

When pharmacists closely monitor patients taking new medications, patients do a better job of sticking to their regimens and overall healthcare costs decline, according to a study recently released by Walgreens.

Tired of all those 12-hour days? If nothing else, a union will get you paid.

Walgreens Boots Alliance on Tuesday announced plans to acquire competitor Rite Aid for $9.4 billion. With assumed debt from Rite Aid, the deal would be worth $17.2 billion.

Earlier this month, CVS Health began offering free health screenings in 20 markets across the country as part of its annual Project Health campaign.

A Rite Aid pharmacist last week urged a congressional committee to make more people eligible for medication therapy management (MTM) programs through Medicare and Medicaid coverage.

A judge has ruled that a doctor’s defamation lawsuit against CVS Pharmacy can proceed, denying the chain’s argument that alleged comments from pharmacy employees were protected by a recognized privilege.

Canadian drug maker Valeant Pharmaceuticals recently acknowledged that U.S. prosecutors have subpoenaed documents on its drug pricing.