CVS Caremark names Accordant president
CVS Caremark Corp. has appointed Kevin Murphy as president of subsidiary Accordant Health Services. Accordant provides disease management and case management services for people with rare chronic conditions.
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Current, former Walgreens execs join boards
The general counsel at Walgreen Co. and a onetime health services and specialty pharmacy executive at the drug chain have been named to the boards of health care-related companies. Unigene Laboratories Inc.
GPhA to super committee: Don’t ban patent settlements
Echoing what it calls a "growing chorus of policymakers," the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) has urged the congressional "super committee" on deficit reduction to nix a proposed legislative ban on pharmaceutical patent settlements.
Lawtons, rewards program partner on wellness
Lawtons Drugs has teamed up with LoyaltyOne, operator of the Air Miles Reward Program, in a pilot that will use reward miles to encourage healthy behaviors.
Health policy journalist tabbed as NACDS comm manager
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has hired health care policy editor Ben Moscovitch as communications manager. NACDS said Tuesday that Moscovitch joins its marketing, communications and media relations department and will report to Chrissy Kopple, vice president of media relations.
Chain drug retailers zero in on private label
Though drug chains have grappled with an uncertain retail sales environment, they’ve been certain about one strategy to spur business in the front end: Grow private label.
Supreme Court to hear health care reform cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear challenges to President Barack Obama’s health care reform law enacted last year.
Walgreens, Coventry kick off awareness campaign
Walgreen Co. has launched an awareness campaign with health insurer Coventry Health Care to educate employers in select market areas about how they can maintain employee access to the chain’s pharmacy services.
Discount Drug Mart renews photo services pact
Discount Drug Mart is sticking with Eastman Kodak Co. as its exclusive supplier of photo finishing technology, products and services.
Study: Rx sales via health care distributors climb
Pharmaceutical revenue through primary health care distributors has climbed as distributors continue to enhance their value to the prescription drug industry, according to a report by the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research.
NACDS: Sales tax bill levels playing field with online retailers
The National Association of Chain Drug stores has endorsed sales tax legislation designed to remedy what it calls a competitive disadvantage for brick-and-mortar retailers versus Internet merchants and catalog retailers. NACDS late Thursday said it has sent a letter of support to Sen. Mike Enzi (R.
Rite Aid-WebMD poll gives new look at diabetes patients
Men and women with type 2 diabetes see the impact of the disease on their lives differently, according to a survey by Rite Aid and online health information portal WebMD. Rite Aid said Thursday that the poll of WebMD users — conducted as part of a collaboration between Rite Aid and WebMD —
More Walgreens pharmacies become HIV Centers of Excellence
Walgreen Co. has certified more than 500 of its pharmacies as HIV Centers of Excellence in communities that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified as highly impacted by HIV. Walgreens, which announced the certification update Thursday at the U.S.
E-prescribing embraced by physicians, pharmacies
More than half of the nation’s doctor’s offices and nearly all of its retail pharmacies are now handling electronic prescriptions, according to Surescripts.
CVS Caremark unveils cardiovascular Rx adherence tool
CVS Caremark Corp. has added a chronic cardiovascular care component to its Pharmacy Advisor medication adherence program, bringing a pharmacy-based approach to managing what the company noted is one of the most prevalent and expensive chronic illnesses.
Rite Aid upgrades photo website
Rite Aid Corp. has launched what it called a "more powerful" photo website that offers added image storage and more options and convenience in ordering prints, photo books, calendars and other photo products and gifts.