With open enrollment for Medicare Part D approaching, Rite Aid Corp. plans to again offer its Medicare Advisor tool to help seniors compare and select a Medicare prescription drug plan (PDP). The drug chain said Tuesday that Medicare Advisor will be provided in stores and online for the Oct. 15 to
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy has served nearly 400,000 children through its partnership with Vitamin Angels, a nonprofit group that raises funds to help at-risk populations gain access to life-saving and life-changing micronutrients.
Health benefits provider WellPoint Inc. announced that it has launched a preferred pharmacy network for most Medicare drug plans in 2014. The company said Tuesday that the preferred pharmacy network encompasses Rite Aid, Walmart and Kroger Co.
The message of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) as it kicks off the annual American Pharmacists Month campaign is ringing truer as the nation’s health care landscape is set to change.
Walgreen Co. reported a surge in earnings and record sales for its 2013 fiscal year, fueled in part by a strong fourth quarter. Walgreens said Tuesday that it closed out the year ended Aug. 31 with sales of $72.2 billion, up 0.8% from $71.6 billion last year. Net earnings for the year
James Beer has joined McKesson Corp. as executive vice president and chief financial officer. The pharmaceutical distributor said Monday that Beer is slated to start at the company on Oct. 9.
Drug store franchises, supermarkets and mass merchants lead the field in terms of pharmacy customer satisfaction, with AmerisourceBergen Corp.’s Good Neighbor Pharmacy rating highest overall, according to the J.D. Power 2013 U.S. Pharmacy Study.
After buying a majority stake earlier this year, H.D. Smith has now acquired the remaining shares of Triplefin, a provider of reimbursement, patient assistance and pharmaceutical brand-support services. H.D.
Walgreen Co. and Alliance Boots are making steady progress in creating what they call the first global, pharmacy-led enterprise focused on health, beauty and well-being, according to Walgreens president and chief executive officer Greg Wasson.
The National Community Pharmacists Association and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores have endorsed The Drug Quality and Security Act, which aims to improve regulation of pharmacy compounding and security of the pharmacy supply chain.
The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) has launched a national collaborative project to devise pharmacy practice parameters in about 20 specialty pharmacy therapeutic categories focused on disease management.
Community pharmacies can congratulate themselves on sustaining a high level of customer satisfaction with pharmacists and pharmacy staff, according to the Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmacy Satisfaction Pulse Survey.
Pharmacists at Astrup Drug Inc. are more in tune with their patients’ health since integrating PharmaSmart biometric screening technology with the regional drug chain’s Rx30 pharmacy system. PharmaSmart International Inc.
CVS Caremark Corp. has opened the first of seven planned MinuteClinics inside Longs Drug Stores in Hawaii. MinuteClinic Nurse Practitioner Tara Davis checks the blood pressure of Hawaii State Senate President Donna Mercado Kim.
Rite Aid Corp. has been named the first national retail partner of text4baby, a free text messaging service for pregnant women and mothers of infants younger than age 1. The drug chain said Thursday that it will use circular ads, in-store displays and social media to inform pregnant women and new
Loblaw Cos. has appointed veteran company executive Mark Butler to lead the integration of Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. In the newly created role, Butler will serve as executive vice president of integration. Most recently, he was executive vice president of Loblaw’s Conventional Division.
