CVS Caremark Corp. has added a chronic cardiovascular care component to its Pharmacy Advisor medication adherence program, bringing a pharmacy-based approach to managing what the company noted is one of the most prevalent and expensive chronic illnesses.
Rite Aid Corp. has launched what it called a "more powerful" photo website that offers added image storage and more options and convenience in ordering prints, photo books, calendars and other photo products and gifts.
Earnings climbed in the third quarter at Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. despite slim gains in total revenue and same-store sales. The Canadian drug store chain said Wednesday that for the third quarter ended Oct. 8, overall sales were $3.11 billion (Canadian), up 2.1% from a year earlier.
Walmart is hoping to do for health care what it has done for retailing. The discount store giant is exploring ways to offer a broader range of medical services, ranging from chronic disease management and preventive care to diagnostics, health and wellness services, and acute care.
The Centers for Medicard & Medicaid Services (CMS) hasn’t adjusted federal upper limits (FULs) for Medicaid generic drug reimbursements to pharmacies despite being warned that patient access to pharmacy services could be jeopardized, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association.
Pharmacy services fueled an uptick in revenue in the third quarter at BioScrip Inc. The company said Tuesday that for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, total revenue was up 2.9% to $454 million from $441.2 million a year earlier. Pharmacy services sales in the quarter came in at $344.
CVS Caremark Corp. has promoted a retail pharmacy executive and expanded the responsibilities of two others.
One of the missing pieces for Walgreen Co. in its transformation into a "health and daily living" retailer has been a customer loyalty program. But that won’t be for much longer. Company executives recently provided some details about the shopper loyalty program that the drug store chain is testing.
As Walgreen Co. continues to revamp its merchandising department the company’s executives say the front end will take on a new look in the coming years.
Walgreen Co. has realigned its merchandising division, giving three general merchandise managers added responsibilities.
Chain drug pharmacies and pharmacists are helping Medicare beneficiaries navigate the changes in Medicare Part D.
First lady Michelle Obama toured a Walgreen Co. store on Chicago’s South Side to get an up-close look at the drug chain’s efforts to provide better food options and accessible health care to underserved communities and to fight the childhood obesity epidemic.
Rite Aid Corp. is co-branding a value-focused Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (PDP) with EnvisionRx Plus. The Rite Aid EnvisionRx Plus plan offers beneficiaries no deductible and zero co-pays on more than 500 generic medications — even during the coverage gap, or so-called donut hole.
Of patients prescribed a new medication by their doctor, 24% did not fill the prescription, a study by CVS Caremark Corp., Harvard University, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers found.
The federal government should consider cost in deciding which health benefits must be provided by insurance plans under President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (IOM) says.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has told federal regulators that it feels proposed changes to Medicaid reimbursement rates will adversely affect patients.
