Health care reform is a reality
When President Obama signed the bill to overhaul the nation’s health system late last month, it set in motion changes that will impact retail pharmacy operators and other health care providers at every level.
Issue 04-05-2010
NACDS backs pro-pharmacy elements of health reform
The health care reform package signed into law by President Obama includes three pharmacy provisions advocated by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores.
Health care providers react cautiously to new law
Industry response to the passage of health care reform legislation by the House of Representatives varied widely from qualified approval to blanket denunciation.
NACDS RxImpact Day raises industry’s profile
At the recent RxImpact day, Megan Marchal, pharmacy manager at a Walgreen Co. store in Canal Winchester, Ohio, opened her talks with Jessica McNiece, a legislative assistant to Sen. Sherrod Brown (D.
Walgreens expands in Memphis, hones approach to CCR
Walgreen Co. has boosted its share in the Memphis, Tenn., market by acquiring prescription files and other assets of 17 drug stores from USA Drug. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Walgreens turns up heat in Washington
Walgreen Co. is set to stop accepting new Medicaid patients in its Washington state pharmacies as of April 16.
NACDS appoints VP
Dawn Worthington has been hired as vice president of human resources at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores. Worthington had served as vice president of human resources and benefits at the National Restaurant Association.
Health screenings promoted by Kinney
Kinney Drugs has teamed up with cancer services programs in three upstate New York counties to provide information on how uninsured patients can get free cancer screenings.
Leon-Rivero named VP of marketing at Navarro
Navarro Discount Pharmacies has promoted director of human resources Cristy Leon-Rivero to vice president of marketing. In her new position, Leon-Rivero will oversee the advertising, public relations, community relations and marketing efforts of the 28-unit drug store chain.
Suydam shows how to run a trade group
Linda Suydam, president of the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, will retire by year’s end after eight years as head of the proprietary medicines organization. At the association’s annual meeting last month in Aventura, Fla.
Health care reform still has long way to go
So far community pharmacy has come out reasonably well in the battle over the reform of the nation’s health care system.