Walmart joins InComm enhanced payment network
Walmart has joined the network of retailers accepting InComm Healthcare & Affinity’s (IHA) Enhanced Payment Platform.
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Meijer plans more retail health clinics
Meijer Inc. aims to open more in-store medical clinics and has established new relationships with health systems in Wisconsin and Michigan to boost services.
Rite Aid announces Favorite Pharmacy Team Member
Rite Aid Corp. has named the winners of its 2015 Vote for Your Favorite Pharmacy Team Member Contest. The drug chain said Tuesday that Sharon Balser, a Rite Aid pharmacy technician in Milford, Mich., and Theresa Forrest, a Rite Aid customer in Gwynn Oak, Md., were selected at random from more
CVS launches curbside pickup via mobile app
CVS Health has launched CVS Express, a curbside and in-store pickup service for nonprescription items that’s accessed via the CVS Pharmacy app. CVS said Tuesday that the service is one of fruits of the CVS Digital Innovation Lab and was developed in partnership with Palo Alto, Calif.
Report: Target lifting its minimum wage to $10
Target Corp. reportedly has begun raising its minimum wage to $10 an hour. The discount store chain’s management has communicated the $1-per-hour raise to store managers, who have started informing employees about the increase, according to sources cited by Reuters.
Fagen Pharmacy shows ability to bounce back
Fagen Pharmacy was able to overcome obstacles stemming from a devastating fire by rebuilding and reopening its North Valparaiso, Ind., pharmacy in September 2015.
Otto sees a bigger role for pharmacy
Martin Otto, the incoming chairman of the National Association for Chain Drug Stores, symbolizes the changes that have occurred both in the organization and in the chain pharmacy industry.
Albertsons pilots hearing test kiosks
Albertsons Cos. is piloting free hearing tests in select stores via self-serve kiosks located near the pharmacy department.
PQA, CVS Health Foundation team on scholarship program
The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) has partnered with the CVS Health Foundation on a new scholarship program to support medication use quality. Called the PQA-CVS Health Foundation Scholars Program, the scholarship recognizes student excellence in projects focusing on quality-related initiatives.
SSM Health to run St. Louis-area Walgreens clinics
In the St. Louis area, Walgreens is turning over the operation of its Healthcare Clinics to health system SSM Health. Walgreens said Monday that 27 Healthcare Clinics in Walgreens stores across the St.
Fruth gains flexibility via store-in-a-store format
Fruth Pharmacy ventured into a new business model last year by opening three small-format stores.
NACDS names new officers, board members
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores elected a new chairman this weekend at the NACDS Annual Meeting here.
Outlook: Transition time for drug chains
Going forward, chain drug stores can bank on the same underlying trends that have fueled the retail pharmacy business in recent years. But the industry as they’ve known it won’t look quite the same.
MTM helps set Aurora Pharmacy apart
Pharmacists for Aurora Pharmacy are actively involved in providing medication therapy management services to a diverse group of patients.
Anderson: ‘NACDS always looking out even further’
In the nine years since Steve Anderson became chief executive officer of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, the association has become a proactive advocate for its industry and raised its influence and recognition among legislators and policy makers.
Retailers to feel impact of minimum wage hikes
Within hours of each other, the governors of California and New York recently signed bills that will eventually raise the minimum wage in their states to $15.