Johnson & Johnson realigns customer organization
Johnson & Johnson has made changes to its customer development organization in an effort to simplify it, streamline processes, speed execution and enable faster decision-making.
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Rx Roundtable: Where’s health reform headed?
Questions about the U.S. health care system and community pharmacy’s place in it are as numerous as ever, despite the enactment of the health care reform law.
Walgreens expands Rx, health and wellness teams
As it continues to ramp up its health care services, Walgreen Co. has hired two new executives for its pharmacy, health and wellness division. Walgreens said Tuesday that it has named Dr.
Game-changer is emerging in community Rx
It is almost six years since the beginning of Medicare Part D. But now, the development of a system to use quality-based payments for quality-based patient outcomes is coming closer to reality. Imagine a Medicare Advantage Plan that includes drug benefits (MAPD) with 1 million members.
NCPA: Community pharmacies rein in health care costs
Amid a difficult economic environment, independent community pharmacies are growing their array of services to better meet patients’ needs and lower their health care costs, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association’s 2011 NCPA Digest.
Catalina Marketing names Egasti as new CEO
Jamie Egasti, former chief executive officer of The Folgers Coffee Co. and president of Procter & Gamble Co.’s global snacks and coffee unit, has joined Catalina Marketing Corp. as CEO.
Bloom exits CVS to become president at Family Dollar
Mike Bloom has left CVS Caremark Corp. to become president and chief operating officer of Family Dollar Stores Inc. Bloom had been executive vice president of merchandising and supply chain at CVS Caremark.
Staff realigned at Walgreens
Walgreen Co. has restructured its marketing and merchandising staff in a bid to foster a more integrated approach to the two disciplines and intensify the drug chain’s customer focus. A major component of the realignment was the elimination of the chief marketing officer’s role.
Consumer groups challenge PBM merger
Leading consumer groups have warned of the “potential for significant consumer harm” from a proposed merger of Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc.
Game-changer is emerging in community pharmacy
Pay attention. The origin of the following is the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It is now nearing six years since the beginning of Medicare Part D. Development of a system to use Quality Based Payments for Quality Based Patient Outcomes is nearing reality.
New warehouse is vital to CVS’ growth
CVS Caremark Corp.’s new distribution center here will bring 600 jobs to New York’s southern tier while fostering the company’s ongoing expansion, president and chief executive officer Larry Merlo said at a grand opening ceremony.
Rite Aid makes decisions on new store prototypes
As Rite Aid Corp. drives forward with the rollout of one new store format, it has decided to put the brakes on another. President and chief executive officer John Standley said the company is pulling the plug on any expansion plans for its co-branded Save-A-Lot/Rite Aid pharmacy and grocery stores.
Wellness+ for diabetes debuts at Rite Aid
Rite Aid Corp. has introduced wellness+ for diabetes, a free program that offers exclusive resources and savings to people living with diabetes and their caregivers.
Industry mourns Len DeMino
Len DeMino, who spent over half a century involved in community pharmacy, died last month. He was 81. After receiving a pharmacy degree in 1956 from George Washington University, DeMino began a long, distinguished career as a pharmacist and industry advocate in 1958 with Washington, D.C.
Ritzman wraps up Buehler Rx deal
Ritzman Pharmacies Inc. has completed its acquisition of Buehler Food Markets Inc.’s in-store pharmacies. Ritzman — which has nine retail pharmacies — adds 13 locations and 75 employees from Buehler pharmacies.
High Court set to review reform law
The Obama administration wants the Supreme Court to hear a case pertaining to the 2010 health care reform law. The request makes it near certain that the nation’s highest court will soon agree to hear one or more cases involving challenges to the law.