Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Overnight Health Care: Dem chair meets Trump health chief on drug ...

The Hill-16 hours ago
Amid all the talk of bipartisan action on drug prices, this is an interesting ... What specifics do they agree on beyond the larger goal of lowering drug prices?

Can Trump claim credit for $26 billion in savings on prescription drugs?

Washington Post-8 hours ago
Drug prices declined in 2018, the first time in nearly half a century. During the first 19 months of my Administration, Americans saved $26 Billion on prescription ...

Azar says drug price model has already changed the market

ModernHealthcare.com-21 hours ago
HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday that the Trump administration's proposal to tie prices for certain Medicare drugs to the prices wealthy countries pay ...

Trump Takes Credit For Declining Drug Prices, But How Accurate Is ...

Kaiser Health News-2 hours ago
President Trump asserted late Friday that drug prices declined for the first time in nearly 50 years, implying in a tweet that his administration's efforts to speed .

WV lawmakers advance bill aimed at lowering prescription drug prices

Huntington Herald Dispatch-11 hours ago
Evan Worrell, R-Cabell, spoke against the bill, citing a report saying Vermont's program might cost more than any savings it would see in drug prices.

Rising drug prices strain hospitals, force budget cuts, U. of C. study says

Chicago Tribune-20 hours ago
Rising costs of prescription drugs have strained hospital budgets and operations, forcing health systems to cut costs by reducing staff, a new study found.

Trump Administration Throws Down Gauntlet On Drug Prices

Forbes-2 hours ago
Much to the annoyance of the Trump Administration the pharmaceutical industry keeps raising list prices of drugs. At present, without the ability to institute direct ...

Sen. Baker introduces bill to place tighter controls on pharmacy ...

Pennsylvania Business Report-2 hours ago
Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20) recently introduced legislation that would address concerns related to pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) and aims to reduce

Oklahoma Pharmacy Helps Out Federal Employees Affected By ...

News On 6-16 hours ago
Oklahoma Pharmacy Helps Out Federal Employees Affected By Shutdown ... TULSA, Oklahoma - A Green Country pharmacy is stepping up to help federal

Amazon Fear Grips Retail Pharmacy Space, Alliances Continue

Zacks.com-3 hours ago
While Amazon is trying to figure out ways to enter the multibillion dollar pharmacyindustry, this is not the first attempt made by Walgreens to counter competitio

Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Year End Review: A Look Back…A Look ...

Lexology-9 hours ago
... payors for medically unnecessary prescription drugs and compounded medications that allegedly were not purchased and/or not distributed to beneficiaries.

Memphis compounding pharmacy to revamp operation, slice 225 jobs By Wayne Risher Updated: January 15, 2019 4:53 PM CT


https://www.dailymemphian.com/article/2437/Memphis-compounding-pharmacy-files-notice-of-440-worker-layoff

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Pharma Stocks Topple After House Dems Launch Drug-Pricing Probe

Investor's Business Daily-Jan 14, 2019
House Democrats launched an investigation into a dozen pharmaceutical ... On the stock market today, shares of pharmaceutical companies collectively ...

Changing the script

Australian Journal of Pharmacy (blog)-12 hours ago
A US study has looked at the role pharmacists can play in impacting prescribing habits for patients discharged from hospital emergency departments (ED).

California's New Prescription Law Causing Chaos

Pain News Network-5 hours ago
The pharmacists told me that all I needed to do was write a note that I was aware of the new law and was ordering the new pads. Fortunately, in each case the .

Bill would allow pharmacists in Arkansas to give birth control without ...

THV11.com KTHV-52 minutes ago
An Arkansas legislator has proposed a bill that would allow pharmacists in Arkansas the ability to give out birth control without a prescription. Introduced by state .

Expand Pharmacist Roles to Reduce ER Visits

Canada Free Press-8 hours ago
A seven-year study just released on January 10, 2019, by the University of Waterloo in Canada found that pharmacists could dramatically reduce ER visits by 

Expand Pharmacist Roles to Reduce ER Visits

Canada Free Press-8 hours ago
A seven-year study just released on January 10, 2019, by the University of Waterloo in Canada found that pharmacists could dramatically reduce ER visits by 

Soon you could visit your pharmacist instead of your primary care ...

News 5 Cleveland-1 hour ago
CLEVELAND — The role of local pharmacists are changing, and soon they will be able to do much more than fill prescriptions. They will be able to step in where ...

Microsoft is now helping Walgreens fend off Amazon's health care push

The Verge-9 hours ago
Microsoft has signed a new seven-year deal with Walgreens Boots Alliance to supply cloud services to the retail pharmacy store chain. Walgreens, the ...