The National Community Pharmacists Association has applauded lawmakers’ push for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the impact of planned reductions in reimbursement for diabetes test supplies (DTS) provided to Medicare beneficiaries by community pharmacies. NCPA said that Reps.
With pharmacy’s role in health care delivery expanding, the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) plans to raise its standards for national certification and recertification. PTCB said Wednesday that it will phase in the changes over the next seven years.
Rite Aid has announced the winners of its 2012 Favorite Pharmacy Team Member contest: a pharmacy technician from Ada, Ohio, and a customer at its store in Birmingham, Mich..
MinuteClinic has formed a clinical affiliation with North Shore-LIJ Health System, one of the nation’s largest health networks, as it plans to open more walk-in clinics in metropolitan New York.
Compared with mail order pharmacies, community pharmacies provide 90-day prescriptions Medicare Part D beneficiaries at lower cost and substitute less-expensive generic drugs more often, a study sponsored by the National Community Pharmacists Association found.
Aetna has begun offering individual health insurance plans to Costco Wholesale Club members in Florida.
Pharmacy alliance RxAlly has partnered with Shenandoah University’s Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy and Kerr Drug to help community pharmacists implement a pneumonia immunization program.
Chain drug stores were among the retailers seeing more satisfied customers in 2012, according to a report by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). ACSI said Tuesday that its national benchmark, which measures customer satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 100, edged up 0.5% to 76.
Long-term care pharmacies have significantly higher dispensing costs than traditional retail pharmacies and provide extra services to meet the health needs of LTC residents, according to a new survey by the National Community Pharmacists Association’s Long-Term Care Division.
Albertsons LLC has appointed a pharmacy chief as part of the executive structure that will emerge after it closes its acquisition of 877 stores from Supervalu Inc.
Stepping up its investment in employee training, Walgreen Co. today plans to launch Walgreens University, a new career development facility that provides classroom and online programming. Opening its doors on Friday, the university building at 6 Parkway North in Deerfield, Ill.
Kerr Drug is primed for more efficient pharmacy operations after finishing the implementation of the PDX Enterprise Pharmacy System (EPS). The North Carolina drug chain said the system, from PDX-National Health Information Network Inc.
Rite Aid Corp. has completed debt refinancing transactions initiated earlier this month. The drug chain said Thursday that it has amended its revolving credit facility and refinanced certain terms loans and senior secured notes, extending the maturity of part of its debt and reducing interest costs.
CVS/pharmacy has relaunched its Gold Emblem food and grocery private label, including new items, a new look and improved taste. The drug chain said Thursday that the updated Gold Emblem line features a package redesign with a more contemporary logo.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association gave their take on a proposed Drug Enforcement Administration rule to establish a process for the disposal of controlled substances.
Bartell Drugs plans to open its 59th store this summer in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.
