US Workers' Compensation Prescription Drug Spending Decreased ...

PR Newswire (press release)-11 hours ago

For the third year in a row, spending on compounded medications decreased – a decline of 37.9 percent in 2017, falling out of the top 10 therapy classes. While compounded medications continue to be a focus because of their high cost, it is 

Two Medication Compounding Requirements Deleted | Joint ...

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Federal Prosecutor Takes On New Case As DOJ Point Person For ...

WAMU 88.5-16 hours ago

She oversees prosecutors assigned to focus on health care fraud in opioid hot spots. She works with federal authorities who are targeting the flow of heroin and fentanyl into the country and going after online vendors. And she has a hand in Justice Department efforts to support states and local governments engaged in ...

Former New York Prosecutor Named DOJ Point Person For Opioid ...
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Arizona Center for Cancer Care faces lawsuit alleging $8 million in ...

AZCentral.com-10 hours ago

An Arizona medical company that serves thousands of cancer patients is battling a federal lawsuit alleging that it ripped off Medicare and other government programs with millions of dollars in fraudulent charges. The whistleblower complaint moving through U.S. District Court says principals at Arizona Center for Cancer ...

Feds boast $2.4B in healthcare fraud judgments, settlements

Healthcare Dive-12 hours ago

One of the most high-profile investigation units, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, probed cases involving multiple areas of healthcare. That included ambulance and transportation services, clinics, device companies, diagnostic services, drug companies, durable medical equipment, EHRs, health maintenance organizations ...

HHS recovered $2.6B from healthcare fraud in 2017, down 21 ...
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The disappearing doctor: How mega-mergers are changing the ...

Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com-6 hours ago

The spate of mergers in the health care industry loom over doctors’ livelihoods, intensifying pressure on small practices and pushing them closer to extinction. Giant companies are already signaling a desire to tackle complex care for people with a chronic health condition like diabetes or asthma. The spate of ...

Legislature sends governor Medicaid drug measures to help ...

User-generated content (press release)-20 hours ago

A bill to allow pharmacists to tell their patients the least expensive way to pay for their medications and one to put the state back in direct charge of its Medicaid drug ... For example, if a patient's co-pay is $10, but the drug costs only $5, the PBM may require the pharmacist to charge $10 and not say it can be bought more ...

Medicare Agency Retreats From Arbitrary Limit on Pain Medication

Reason (blog)-8 hours ago

The final policy adopted by CMS instead requires a pharmacist who receives a prescription above the threshold to confirm it with the doctor and document the discussion. Stefan Kertesz, the University of Alabama at Birmingham internist who organized a letter in which hundreds of physicians objected to the original plan, ...

Potential Oklahoma E-Prescribing Law Still up in the Air

Public Radio Tulsa-8 hours ago

And they're signed out, you know exactly the number that's tracking them, just like a lottery ticket. We know where they are," said Oklahoma Pharmacy Board Chief Compliance Officer Cindy Fain. Either the state narcotics bureau or medical board could get that task, depending on the final version of Oklahoma's e-prescribing ..

Certification requirements for Ohio OTPs

JD Supra (press release)-7 hours ago

Providers should be aware of the specific pharmacy licensure requirements for offering services during the two-month pre-certification period. If office-based opioid treatment is offered in addition to basic OTP services to enough patients during this time, certain Ohio Board of Pharmacy licensure classifications are necessary ..

CMS Updates Medicare Advantage and Part D (Prescription Drug ...

JD Supra (press release)-5 hours ago

The clinical guidelines for determining whether a beneficiary is potentially at-risk (based on using opioids from multiple prescribers and/or multiple pharmacies) will be expanded. Sponsors will be allowed to “lock in” an at-risk beneficiary's access to frequently abused drugs to selected prescribers and/or pharmacies.

How a Pa. health system reduced opioid prescriptions by more than ...

WHYY-14 hours ago

Health workers looked through the electronic database and realized that, in some cases, doctors were prescribing more opioids than their patients needed. Paradoxically, that can sometimes make the pain worse. Michael Evans, the chief pharmacy officer at Geisinger, said the organization showed those doctors what they ...

AssistRx co-founder: Why company took on Teva employees, lease ...

Kansas City Business Journal-6 hours ago

Hensley said the company decided on the Kansas City metro, in part, for its base of talent in the specialty pharmacy industry, as well as part of Teva's restructuring plan. After Teva announced plans to reduce its global workforce by 25 percent, a few Kansas City jobs already had been affected: By acquiring the business in ..

Aetna auditor accuses CVS of improperly reporting generic prices to ...

STAT-6 hours ago

he CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit manager improperly reported generic drug prices to the federal government, causing Medicare and its beneficiaries to overpay for medicines, while pocketing a difference in pricing, according to a lawsuit ¹ filed by an actuary at the Aetna health insurer. The lawsuit revolves around ..

House Democrat wants to know why a pharma insider is overseeing ...

Vox-6 hours ago

”Given Mr. Best's career working for the pharmaceutical and pharmacy industry, the decision to hire him poses significant potential for conflicts of interest, placing him in a position to make decisions that may pit the income of his former employers against the interests of patients in reducing prescription drug prices,” Ellison ...

Private Equity Firm Named As Defendant In False Claims Act Case ...

JD Supra (press release)-4 hours ago

available Here, describes how the complaint was made against a pharmacy, several of its executives and the private equity firm which manages the pharmacy and the private equity fund that owns the pharmacy. The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida stated in the release that “We will hold .

CVS points finger back at pharma for drug prices

BioPharma Dive-10 hours ago

In the latest tussle between pharma and pharmacy benefit managers, a CVS Health Corp. report finds almost flat drug pricing growth for its pharmacy benefit management clients at 0.2%, against manufacturer price growth of 8.3% for specialty brands and 9.2% for "traditional" brands. The retail chain giant's PBM also ...

Global E-Pharmacy Market Key Players: DocMorris NV, CVS Health ...
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FDA worried drug was risky; now reports of deaths spark concern
CNN

Doctors and other experts tell CNN they worried that a new drug, Nuplazid, aimed at treating Parkinson's disease patients with hallucinations was approved too quickly. Now hundreds of reports of deaths are raising more red flags. Read the full story

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FDA says herbal supplement kratom can be as deadly as opioids

CBS46 News Atlanta-15 hours ago

The Food and Drug Administration says kratom, a herbal supplement, can be just as addictive and deadly as opioids. Despite the warning, it's still easy to find and legal. "It mimics opioids," said pharmacist Ira Katz from Little Five Points Pharmacy. "It's been around for hundreds of years, usually from somewhere in southeast ...

Doctors Wait to See How CMS' Opioid Changes Play Out for ...

AJMC.com Managed Markets Network-4 hours ago

My doctor spent hours on the phone, increasingly enraged at the insurer's untrained and inept staff, their lack of understanding of their own policies, and his frustration at simply trying to authorize the same medications he's deemed medically appropriate for me for years. My pharmacist similarly spent hours on the phone

Surgeon General, pharmacists to make overdose-fighting drugs ...

WAND-15 hours ago

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — For the Dale Colee, there's nothing better than seeing someone get better. “I like to help people,” Colee said. “It's a great profession.” Colee has worked as a pharmacist the past 45 years, the past 14 of which as owner and operator of Dale's Southlake Pharmacy. But recently, he's seen a new ...

Naloxone Stops Opioid Overdoses. How Do You Use It?
In-Depth-New York Times-21 hours ago

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21100 Shares in Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO) Acquired by ...
The Ledger Gazette-16 hours ago

Somewhat Favorable News Coverage Somewhat Unlikely to Impact ...
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Pharmacists back law to restrict tobacco sales

Albany Times Union-19 hours ago

The article about the proposal to end the sale of tobacco products in Albany County pharmacies ("Deeper look at tobacco ban plan," March 29) mentioned that "tobacco-free pharmacy laws enjoy broad ... This would explain why 86 percent of pharmacists do not want to work in a pharmacy that sells tobacco products.

Lawsuit: CVS pricing actions same as accused of in Ohio

The Columbus Dispatch-19 hours ago

Pharmacy giant CVS has billed the government far more for seniors' drugs than it paid to retail pharmacies, an executive with insurer Aetna alleges in a federal whistleblower suit that was unsealed this week. The executive, Aetna's chief Medicare actuary, said that CVS admitted to a practice known as "spread pricing.".

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Texas Professor Found Dead Amid School Policy Controversy

CBS DFW-22 hours ago

Texas Professor Found Dead Amid School Policy ControversyTenured pharmacyprofessor Richard Morrisett was discovered in his home Thursday night. Fire, Explosions Rock North Texas Chemical Recycling CompanyA massive fire at a recycling center in Tarrant County shot flames sky high early Friday morning and ...

UT professor at center of discipline controversy found dead
KWTX-Apr 6, 2018

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"The trial for a nurse practitioner indicted in connection to a $400 million compound pharmacy scheme with roots in Hattiesburg has been postponed. Susan Perry of Grand Bay, Alabama, operated Immediate Family Clinic in Biloxi. She was indicted in October but has remained free on a $25,000 unsecured bond."

Trial for nurse practitioner accused in Hattiesburg compound ...

Hattiesburg American-1 hour ago

The trial for a nurse practitioner indicted in connection to a $400 million compound pharmacy scheme with roots in Hattiesburg has been postponed. Susan Perry of Grand Bay, Alabama, operated Immediate Family Clinic in Biloxi. She was indicted in October but has remained free on a $25,000 unsecured bond. Her trial ...

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Bulk Substances for Compounding by ...

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19 hours ago - On March 23, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance regarding the process through which it proposes to evaluate bulk drug substances nominated for use incompounding by outsourcing facilities registered under section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).

In the News: Are Independent Pharmacies Doomed?

In the News: Are Independent Pharmacies Doomed?

Tribeca Citizen-8 hours ago

Benefits managers now force many of our old customers to receive their medications through the mail, from large corporate chain pharmacies. The patient has no choice, unless they want to pay the full price for medicine, as if they didn't have any insurance coverage.'” Also, from J.: “The store is being cleaned out and ...

Safety standards still not being met in pharmacies, warns PDA

Pharmacy Business-12 hours ago

A survey by the Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has revealed that seven safety standards in pharmacies as set out in its charter are not being met and called on the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) to make sure employers meet their obligations in ensuring pharmacies are safe for employees and patients.

PDA survey reveals many pharmacists are unable to take adequate ...
The Pharmaceutical Journal-12 hours ago

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Prenatal Genetic Screening Tests: A Pharmacist's Guide

Pharmacy Times-4 hours ago

Pharmacists can play an important role in pregnancy health education. Prenatal vitamins contain folic acid, which can prevent spina bifida and other neural tube defects, which is a great counseling point that pharmacists can provide. Prenatal genetic screening tests have become very common over the past several years to ...

Opinion | Michigan bill to lower Rx drug costs instead would raise them

Bridge Michigan-15 hours ago

In fact, one of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers – the little-known middlemen that manage the relationships between pharmacies and drug distributors – reported this year that ... Which begs the question: Why aren't Michigan patients benefiting from these savings and discounts when they visit their pharmacy?

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Consumer Reports offers tips to save money on prescriptions
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House panel investigating prescription billing practice

Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier-22 hours ago

DES MOINES — The Iowa House Government Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into whether pharmacy benefits managers are overcharging public entities, including the state Medicaid ... John Forbes, D-Des Moines, called “egregious billing practices” of a pharmacy benefits manager to a public entity.

State probing whether pharmacy benefit managers are overcharging ...

The-review-10 hours ago

Sears said all five managed companies employed by Medicaid have agreed to provide data showing how much they paid their pharmacy benefit managers, known as PBMs, and how much the PBMs paid pharmacies to fill prescriptions during a 12-month period ending March 31. The state previously has not had access to ...

Pharmacists pleased with passage of Senate Bill 5
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Buffeted by Corporate Giants, Much-Admired Apothecary Closes ...

ebroadsheet.com-9 hours ago

The Battery Park City community lost its oldest business and a cherished local institution on Wednesday, when the Battery Park Pharmacy closed down after 35 years of dispensing medicine and comfort to residents. “We have served three generations of people who live here,” recalled a tearful Yon Kwack, the store's owner.

Bankruptcy Judge Rules Against Cantrell Drug Arkansas Business Online-10 hours ago

Bankruptcy Judge Rules Against Cantrell Drug

Arkansas Business Online-10 hours ago

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge ruled Wednesday against Cantrell Drug Co.'s request to stay a federal regulators' civil lawsuit, which now threatens to put the Little Rock compounding pharmacy out of business. Cantrell Drug, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, had asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Phyllis Jones