For pharmacists, from Drug Topics: News, updates, and analysis for pharmacists pertaining to legal reforms and state and federal legislative actions that affect the pharmacy industry
January 15, 2012
By:David Stanley, RPh
A fine line divides the 99% you've heard so much about lately and that elite top percentile who control and benefit the most from our economic structure.
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January 4, 2012
By:Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
Patients are starting to see the first major changes to Medicare required by the Affordable Care Act. The biggest changes are coming to Medicare Advantage plans.
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December 15, 2011
By:David Stanley, RPh
What have pharmacists got that robots haven't? Plenty. So why does a major PBM prefer robots?
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December 15, 2011
By:Valerie DeBenedette
More than 200 medications crucial to treatment of conditions such as leukemia, breast and colon cancer, and infectious diseases are in short supply in the United States. Compounding pharmacies can take up some of the slack.
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December 15, 2011
By:Valerie DeBenedette
Short-cycle dispensing for patients in long-term care and skilled-nursing facilities is mandated to begin in January 2013. The time to prepare is now.
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December 15, 2011
By:Kenneth R. Baker, BS Pharm, JD
The end of the year is a good time to think about how we can better serve our patients in the year to come.
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December 15, 2011
By:Sherwit Harieg, MPH, PharmD candidate
A Marin County pharmacy is working to improve community health by promoting patient education and MTM to patients who use several prescription drugs for chronic conditions.
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December 15, 2011
By:Jill Sederstrom
Drug Topics' 2012 Business Outlok Survey shows that while dollars may be tight, pharmacists continue to stay the course.
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December 15, 2011
By:Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor
While pharmacy crime is nothing new, the rate of pharmacy crime is on the rise. Here are some suggestions for combating it successfully.
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