From Drug Topics: Information about trends in the managed-care industry and their impact on pharmacists
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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July 1, 2009
By:Valerie DeBenedette
Healthcare institutions are attacking medication errors with expanded use of information technology, drug-dispensing systems, and computerized ordering. Other technologies enable healthcare providers to see all information pertaining to a given patient, regardless of the providers' location within the system and no matter what program was used to collect the data.
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June 24, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. recently announced a settlement with CVS/pharmacy that requires the company to make sure that expired products are not sold in stores and to provide customers a $2 coupon if they identify products past their sell-by dates.
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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 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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June 1, 2009
By:Christine Blank, Contributing Editor
MedAssist, a not-for-profit pharmacy in Mecklenburg, N. C., is using grant monies to create a central fill pharmacy that will eventually serve counties across the state.
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June 1, 2009
By:Christine Blank, Contributing Editor
While retail pharmacies have been offering incentives for years for consumers to switch their prescriptions, many are hoping that new types of coupons may spark life into sales.
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