As Congress pieces together its proposals for health care reform, CVS Caremark Corp. is sponsoring research to examine patient adherence to prescription drugs and spotlight ways to boost adherence.
Retail pharmacy groups applauded the Senate Finance Committee’s passage of its health care reform bill this week and underscored key industry provisions as the legislation is blended with other proposals.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has begun selling a wide assortment of H&BAs and personal care products online. Thousands of top-selling nationally branded items have been added to Walmart.com’s selection. The shipping fee is 97 cents per item.
Cheryl Hoffer has been hired at vice president of pharmacy network management at Mirixa Corp. Mirixa said Thursday that Hoffer, a 24-year veteran of Medicine Shoppe International Inc.
With lawmakers set to coalesce health care reform proposals, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores this week sent a letter to Senate leaders urging them to ensure that pro-patient and pro-pharmacy provisions remain in the final legislation.
Congress has passed a bill that postpones the accreditation deadline through the end of the year for pharmacies providing durable medical equipment under Medicare. Under bill H.R. 3663, introduced by Reps. Zach Space (D., Ohio) and Lee Terry (R., Neb.
Pushing ahead with its Big Apple theme, Duane Reade Inc. is rolling out its second wave of print advertisements throughout New York City.
CVS Caremark Corp. projects that the number of low-income subsidy members enrolled in its Silverscript and Accendo Medicare Part D plans will fall by 30% to 35% next year.
Jim Donald, a former chief executive officer at Starbucks Inc. and Pathmark Stores Inc., this week was named president CEO of regional food and drug chain Haggen Inc. He succeeds Dale Henley, who announced his retirement earlier this year.
George Riedl, senior vice president of pharmacy innovation and purchasing at Walgreen Co., plans to leave the company at the end of the year.
Pharmacy groups this week expanded their legal action over Medicaid cutbacks to a fourth state, Minnesota.
A rebound in front-end business and strong pharmacy sales fueled a solid same-store sales gain at Walgreen Co. in September. The drug store chain said Friday that sales in comparable stores rose 5.3% for the month, more than doubling the 1.9% uptick in August and the 2% increase in July.
Walgreen Co. on Thursday celebrated hitting the 7,000-store mark nationwide with the grand opening of a new location in Brooklyn, New York.
Drugstore.com this week launched SexualWellBeing.com, an online store offering sexual health products.
CVS Caremark Corp. on Thursday started distributing vouchers for free seasonal flu shots to the unemployed, kicking off the effort in Boston.
Same-store sales tailed off in September at Rite Aid Corp. but improved compared with the previous month’s results. For the four weeks ended September 26, Rite Aid’s same-store sales fell 0.3%, marking the drug store chain’s fourth consecutive month of same-store declines.
