Higher Prices From Drug-Dispensing Physicians
According to the Workers Compensations Research Institute (WCRI) study, which was published in July this year, patients pay up to 3 times more to physicians…
Pharmacy
$268,038 penalty for Marra’s pharmacy
Marra’s pharmacy agreed to pay about $268 thousand to settle a penalty from Health Department’s Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG). This pharmacy is run…
Medicaid Access Is Denied By The Colorado Pharmacy Board
Colorado Pharmacy Board denied the access to prescription drugs registry for Rocky Mountain Health Plans (RMHP) and Medicaid officials from Colorado. Those entities were looking…
Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste Violations By Hospitals
The vice president of CareFusion Center for Safety and Clinical Excellence, Tim Vanderveen, stated that about 60% of all hospitals in the United States are…
Pharmacy And A Robot Technology
In Dale’s Southlake Pharmacy staff is spending more time serving their customers and less time on prescriptions fillings and other work related to gathering medications,…
Florida Customers And Pharmacies Are Upset With Mail-Orders
Now some medications are required to be delivered by mail order for state employees. Community pharmacists it causes trouble for local pharmacies and limits the…
CVS Caremark Will Manage Drugs Under 2012 Medical Benefit
CVS Caremark Corp. is going to be the last pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) company which will be managing benefits under 2012 medical benefits. The main…
Medication Labels Should Be Simplified
The study showed, that about 50% of patients do not understand correctly what medication labels mean, even if printed instruction is looking quite simple like…
Higher Medicare Payments For Hospital Outpatients
This year is good for Medicare beneficiaries who need to get their reimbursement for hospital outpatient pharmacies. Payments were slightly increased comparing to 2010 payments…
Saving Drugs From Expiring
Some medications in hospitals are really seldom used and administered, but it is important to keep them ready and up-to-date. The medications are usually quite…