Meijer Inc. expects to provide 30% more flu shots this season versus a year ago but notes that many families aren’t looking to get vaccinated as soon as they should. The supercenter retailer said Tuesday that the back-to-school season is the best time for flu immunizations to help limit the spread
Dollar General Corp. has raised its bid to acquire Family Dollar Stores, sending its rival a new acquisition proposal valued at about $9.1 billion. In making its new offer on Tuesday, Dollar General also said it would be willing to divest up to 1,500 stores — more than twice as many as
Holiday sales edged up at drug chains in 2013 despite the impact of a shorter shopping season. The late Thanksgiving this year — falling on Nov. 28 versus Nov. 22 in 2012 — cut the holiday shopping season to 26 days from 32 days a year earlier. Still, the chain drug sector
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has expressed its support for a pharmacy-specific recommendation by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that would improve the Jan. 1 rollout of exchange-based insurance coverage.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) lifted sanctions imposed against CVS Caremark Corp.’s SilverScript Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (PDP).
Walgreen Co. reported a surge in earnings and robust sales gains for its fiscal 2014 first quarter. Walgreens said that it filled a record number of prescriptions during the fiscal 2014 first quarter. Walgreens said Friday that for the first quarter ended Nov. 30.
Rite Aid Corp. has extended its partnership with GNC and plans to add hundreds more of the nutritional supplement retailer’s store-within-a-store departments to its drug stores. The drug chain said Thursday that the agreement expands the Rite Aid-GNC partnership to 2019.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores participated in a House Community Pharmacy Caucus "Pharmacy 101" briefing this week.
UnitedHealthcare announced the winners of the 2013 UnitedHealthcare Medication Adherence Targeted Intervention Program (TIP) Challenge benefiting the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation.
The wellness+ customer loyalty program is changing the game for Rite Aid in marketing and merchandising, according to company executives. Currently, wellness+ has more than 25 million active members, defined by Rite Aid as those who have used their card at least twice over the previous 26 weeks.
AmerisourceBergen Corp. plans a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Star measure improvement initiative for members of its Good Neighbor Pharmacy network. The pharmaceutical distributor said Wednesday that effort includes an agreement with Pharmacy Quality Solutions Inc.
As consumers and businesses seek health care benefits and services to meet their specific needs, CVS Caremark Corp. has the “ability and agility” to provide what they’re looking for, president and chief executive officer Larry Merlo said at the company’s annual analyst day.
Regional food and drug retailer A&P has signed a three-year agreement in which Innovatix LLC will be its exclusive provider of specialty pharmacy services.
Almost 1,200 seniors have complained to Medicare this year about problems with mail order pharmacies, including shipment of unneeded medication and having to go without medication because delayed shipments, according to documentation recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Walgreen Co. is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to pilot a model of HIV patient-centered care in a national project to advance clinical integration and medication therapy management.
Duane Reade has kicked off a holiday photo contest on Facebook to boost awareness of its store-brand hosiery products. The metropolitan New York drug chain said Monday that its "Show Us Your Party Legs" contest, which runs until Jan.
