From Drug Topics: News and analysis for pharmacists of developments pertaining to Medicare and Medicaid
July 1, 2009
By:Mari Edlin
Medication therapy management (MTM) programs have been part of prescription drug plans since 2005 after being mandated into law in 2003. MTM gained some muscle when Medicare patients began to enroll in 2006. The 2010 draft Call Letter issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is expected to push the MTM movement even further.
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June 24, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
A co-owner of two pharmacies in East Orange and Jersey City, N.J., was sentenced to prison June 17 for fraudulently billing the Medicaid program for hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of HIV/AIDS medications that were never dispensed.
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June 12, 2009
By:Drug Topics staff
While pharmacies have not been immune to the downturn in the U.S. economy, the overall picture does not appear to be one of gloom and doom. For an update on aspects of the big picture for pharmacy, read on.
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June 12, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
Record budget problems have pushed California to eliminate funding for the largest poison control system in the nation. Keep reading to find out about a California pharmacy's fight to keep the poison control system going.
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June 5, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
Spurred by new, lower reimbursement rates, Walgreens, the largest pharmacy provider in Delaware, will stop filling Medicaid prescriptions in its Delaware Happy Harry's and Walgreens pharmacies and will no longer accept Delaware Medicaid as of July 6.
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June 2, 2009
By:Martin Sipkoff
Community pharmacists can and should be the core of disease management programs, according to a recent report by Deloitte Consulting.
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June 1, 2009
By:Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
Pharmacists are becoming nationally recognized as providers in diabetes care as the growth of medication therapy management programs and changes in Medicare reimbursement have caused many states and private payers to revise their programs.
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June 1, 2009
By:Amanda Brower, Senior Editor, Centralized Content Group
With many physicians discontinuing delivery of specialty drugs, hospitals must take up the slack. But while access to an outpatient infusion center is of great value to patients, running such a center can be financially hazardous for the provider. Meticulous attention to detail can mean the difference between success and failure.
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May 12, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
The major message of the 2009 National Community Pharmacists Association's Annual Conference on National Legislation & Government Affairs was "get into politics, or get out of pharmacy."
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