| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.12.2025 | The Pharmacy Closures Crisis: How Independent Pharmacies Are Fixing Pharmacy Deserts | Kristen Hartsell, VP of Clinical Services, RedSail Technologies
In October, Rite Aid announced it would close all remaining stores, following a multi-year trend of major pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS eliminating thousands of locati... |
| 25.09.2025 | Center for Disaster Philanthropy Announces $6.8M in New Grants from Truist Foundation-Supported Fund for Ongoing Helene Recovery Efforts in Western North Carolina | CDP mobilizes philanthropy to strengthen communities’ ability to withstand disasters and recover equitably when they occur.
In January 2025, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Truist Foundation announced the creation of the Western No... |
| 21.03.2025 | CPESN USA and Pharmacy Profiles Collaborate to Foster the Expansion of Pharmacist-Delivered Patient Care Services | CPESN USA
Pharmacy Profiles
CPESN USA and its member pharmacies will have access to a comprehensive service to identify and verify pharmacists qualified to provide patient care services
Pharmacists are finally being more widely recognized f... |
| 25.01.2025 | The Vanishing Pillars: The Struggles of Independent Pharmacies in America | Independent pharmacies are disappearing at an alarming rate. One a day, they close their doors, leaving communities in a lurch. These small drugstores are more than just places to pick up prescriptions; they are lifelines. They know their c... |
| 25.01.2025 | Health | Independent pharmacies know their communities. But many are struggling to stay open | Independent drugstores are closing at an alarming rate — about one a day in 2023 — squeezed by the huge companies that reimburse pharmacies for costly medications.
But with each closure, a community loses more than another place where they ... |
| 21.01.2025 | Signature Resolution Welcomes Craig Schloss to Panel of Neutrals | Signature Resolution
Schloss brings over 40 years of experience in labor and employment law
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Jan. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Signature Resolution, a leader in alternative dispute resolution, announces the addition of C... |
| 13.12.2024 | Front Range Pharmacy Expands Innovative Services to Enhance Healthcare in Denver | Cherry Hills Village, Dec. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cherry Hills Village, Colorado -
Front Range Pharmacy, a locally owned and operated retail pharmacy in Englewood, is gearing up to celebrate 5 years in business this spring. For the ph... |
| 01.11.2024 | Health | Big chains are paid $23.55 to fill a blood pressure prescription. Small drugstores get $1.51 | Adams Family Pharmacy in Cuthbert, Georgia, and other independent pharmacies lose money filling many prescriptions while payments often favor chain pharmacies such as CVS that have corporate ties to pharmacy benefit managers, says Adams co-... |
| 04.09.2024 | Health | Independent pharmacies say they’re being squeezed by shadowy middlemen tied to big health chains | The disappearance of independent pharmacies could limit consumer choice and health care access — especially in low-income or rural communities.
On Oakland’s Telegraph Avenue, Selam Pharmacy owner Michael Gebru called PBMs “a big black box.”... |
| 28.08.2024 | Fight For Change: Join PUTT for the 2024 OptumRx Protest | PUTT will be advocating for PBM reform by participating in the OptumRx Protest. PUTT is asking for pharmacists, patients, and community advocates to join them! EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, UNITED STATES, August 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Pharmacis... |
| 14.08.2024 | States vs. Federal Law: The Battle for Drug Price Regulation | In the heart of America, a battle brews over prescription drug prices. States are eager to take control, but a federal law looms large, casting a shadow over their efforts. This clash centers on pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and the regu... |
| 13.08.2024 | Health | States want to lower drug prices. A federal law stands in their way | That could change if the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a PBM law enacted by Lackey’s home state of Oklahoma.
Five years ago, Oklahoma tried to rein in PBMs by approving a measure barring them from forcing pharmacies to pay certain fees or requ... |
| 27.07.2024 | The Rise of Fish-Free Seafood: Aqua Cultured Foods Makes Waves in the Market | Aqua Cultured Foods is setting the stage for a seafood revolution. This Chicago-based startup has recently secured self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for its innovative fish-free seafood products. With a focus on susta... |
| 22.07.2024 | Amid House Oversight Hearing, Pharmacy Organizations Issue United Call for Action on 'Must-Pass' PBM Reform Legislation | Coalition of Organizations Representing Pharmacies and Pharmacists
A coalition of organizations representing pharmacies and pharmacists across all practice settings released a statement today ahead of a Tuesday, July 23 U.S. House Committee... |
| 14.06.2024 | Health | Biden plan to save Medicare patients money on drugs risks empty shelves, pharmacists say | “We cannot interfere in the negotiations that occur between the plans and pharmacy benefits managers,” Meena Seshamani, director of the Center for Medicare, said at a conference on June 7. “We cannot tell a plan how much to pay a pharmacy o... |
| 02.05.2024 | NCPA Renews Recommendation of Prescryptive AI Pricing: Empowering Pharmacies with AI-Driven Cash Pricing | What You Should Know:
– Prescryptive Health, a leading healthcare technology company, today announced the National Community Pharmacists Association’s (NCPA) renewed endorsement of Prescryptive AI Pricing.
– Prescryptive AI Pricing creates ... |
| 14.04.2024 | FTC chair Lina Khan on playing "anti-monopoly" | Monopoly is the game where you bankrupt competitors, buying up the board and charging sky-high prices. But in Washington, Lina Khan is playing a different game: Anti-Monopoly. "The experience is not quite akin to playing a board game, ... |
| 12.03.2024 | Readout of Biden-Harris Administration Convening with Health Care Community Concerning Cyberattack on Change Healthcare | Leaders from HHS, White House, DOL, and the health care community convened to discuss ways to mitigate harms to patient and providers caused by the cyberattack.
On Tuesday, March 12, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Se... |
| 05.03.2024 | Cyberattack paralyzes largest U.S. health care payment system | MADDIE MCGARVEY/THE NEW YORK TIMES
Molly Fulton, COO of five urgent care centers in the Columbus area, sits in the Worthington Urgent Care in Worthington, Ohio, on March 5. “This is worse than when COVID hit because even though we didn’t ge... |
| 02.10.2023 | Transparency Is The Cure For What Ails American Health Care | "Most patients have no incentive to shop around for care because they're not paying for it anyway; ... [+] their insurers are. So hospitals can get away with charging just about whatever they want," writes Pipes.getty |
| 22.06.2023 | With United Voice, Pharmacy Praises Bipartisan “Pharmacy DIR Reform” and Pharmacy Access Bill Vital for Patients, Medicare, and Pharmacies | We will work with leaders in Congress to enact this legislation this year, achieving comprehensive PBM reform. We need to ensure this job gets done, and gets done completely, for the American people.
ARLINGTON, Va. (PRWEB) June 22, 2023
Org... |
| 27.04.2023 | National Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Favor Strong PBM Reform | Alexandria, Va., April 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Congress readies legislation aimed at drug prices and marketplace fairness, a new national poll released today by the National Community Pharmacists Association shows strong bipartisan ... |
| 14.04.2023 | I’m a biopharma supply chain specialist — and even I can’t find the Adderall I’m prescribed | For 10 years, I have depended on Adderall to help me function. But in February, for the first time, the pharmacy down the street was unable to fill my prescription. In fact, 19 pharmacies in a row told me that they were out of stock. Thankf... |
| 15.12.2022 | 2023 Likely To Be a Crucial Year for Pharma—and Insurers | Change is in the air, and people can sense it; the recent midterm elections saw one of the biggest turnouts ever, and as always, the rising cost of health care was a major issue for voters. But unlike in the past, there is a chance that leg... |
| 13.10.2022 | Americans face nationwide shortage of Adderall, FDA says | Health officials confirmed this week what people who treat or who have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder already know: There's a nationwide shortage of Adderall, the drug widely prescribed for ADHD.
The immediate release formulation ... |
| 26.05.2022 | Pile-on over PBMs continues with FTC comments and a new bipartisan Senate bill | More than 500 stakeholders sent comments to the FTC on whether the commission should look further into pharma middlemen, known as PBMs, with many of the commenters calling for more federal oversight.
Similar to the critic... |
| 26.04.2022 | White House aims to boost use of COVID drugs like Paxlovid, citing plentiful supply | The Biden administration says it is launching a new push to boost the use of several effective COVID-19 treatments nationwide. After months in short supply, federal officials say the medications are now more widely available, yet are being ... |
| 24.01.2022 | How can I get Paxlovid, the COVID-19 pill? Access to COVID treatments remains a challenge | Despite evidence showing the fast-spreading Omicron variant may pose a smaller risk of severe COVID-19 compared to the Delta variant, public health officials have warned for months that millions of Americans remain at high risk of severe il... |
| 04.11.2021 | Robinson-Patman Act: A federal law aimed at leveling the playing field between small and large businesses | The Robinson-Patman Act prevents distributors from giving large retailers preferential pricing over smaller ones. RUNSTUDIO/Getty
The Robinson-Patman Act prohibits price discrimination against small business.
It was enacted to overcome ambi... |
| 04.11.2021 | Robinson-Patman Act: A federal law aimed at leveling the playing field between small and large businesses | The Robinson-Patman Act prohibits price discrimination against small business.
It was enacted to overcome ambiguity in the Sherman Act of 1890 and the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914.
The principal criticism of Robinson-Patman is that it prot... |
| 08.10.2021 | Capsa Healthcare’s Kirby Lester Announces Dynamic Interface With Datarithm | Kirby Lester KL1Plus Time and labor savings for cycle counts are expected to reach 50% to 75%
COLUMBUS, Ohio (PRWEB) October 08, 2021
Capsa Healthcare announced a dynamic new interface between its unique Kirby Lester KL1Plus prescription fi... |
| 06.10.2021 | Pharmacists join chorus calling for DOJ to stop Optum-Change Healthcare merger | A pair of national associations representing over 21,000 independent pharmacies have joined the growing list of organizations asking the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to intervene and stop the merger of health technology company Change H... |
| 24.08.2021 | McKesson : ideaShare to Bring Together 2,000 Community Pharmacies Virtually | Premier educational event for independent pharmacy operators announces key speakers, educational sessions, conference rebate
IRVING, Texas, Aug. 24, 2021 - Community pharmacy teams from across the United States will come together Sept. 14-1... |
| 06.08.2021 | Pharmacies face extra audit burdens that threaten their existence | The clock was about to strike midnight, and Scott Newman was desperately feeding pages into a scanner, trying to prevent thousands of dollars in prescription payments from turning into a pumpkin.
As the owner of Newman Family Pharmacy, an i... |
| 04.06.2021 | 4 in 5 local pharmacies can’t find enough workers to deliver prescriptions and run the cash register, according to an industry report | The national labor shortage is affecting front-line health care providers, according to a new survey released today by the National Community Pharmacists Association. LaylaBird/Getty Images
Local pharmacies are being hit by the current labo... |
| 17.06.2016 | NASA’s new X-plane and the future of electric aircraft | The world is on a quest to create cleaner, quieter airplanes that could replace the fuel-guzzling, roaring commercial aircraft in use today.
NASA is leading much of the research and development effort in this area and today they’ve announce... |
| 17.04.2016 | Abolishing Tips Could Screw Over Restaurant Owners, Customers, and Servers | With a federal minimum wage of just $2.13 for tipped workers, it's no surprise that class action lawsuits pitting servers against major restaurant chains have been popping up left and right.
But with state laws finally authorizing significa... |
| 12.04.2016 | Obamacare Helped Me Grow My Business – and I’m Sick About It | Republicans say the Affordable Care Act kills jobs. I had a different experience. As a small-business owner, I used Obamacare to hire more people — but for reasons that make me a little bit nauseous.
Two years ago I raised a few hundred tho... |
| 05.12.2012 | The little-known provision of Obamacare that could have a big, bad impact | by David Lucchino, published by WBUR Boston’s Cognoscenti blog
David Lucchino: The 2.3 percent excise tax on the medical devices sector would hamper innovation, force layoffs and cripple loss-making start-ups. (Alex E. Proimos/flickr)
Passi... |
| 10.05.2012 | Covidien denies layoffs tied to device tax | Although Covidien (NYSE:COV) chairman, president & CEO Jose Almeida considers the impending 2.3% medical device tax "absurd," he’s far from implementing dramatic gestures to cope with the new burden.
The company confirmed with... |
| 09.02.2012 | National Center for Policy Analysis pans the med-tech tax | The National Center for Policy Analysis took up the cause of promoting the repeal of the 2.3% medical device tax, calling it a "a blow to an industry that provides goods essential to the health of Americans."
The NCPA, which consi... |
| - | Robinson-Patman Act: A federal law aimed at leveling the playing field between small and large businesses | The Robinson-Patman Act prevents distributors from giving large retailers preferential pricing over smaller ones. RUNSTUDIO/Getty
The Robinson-Patman Act prohibits price discrimination against small business.
It was enacted to overcome ambi... |
| - | FDA says pharmacists can prescribe Covid treatment | The FDA has authorized pharmacists to prescribe an oral treatment for COVID-19 to eligible patients, expanding access to the drug Paxlovid which was previously only available from doctors, nurses, or physician’s assistants.
“The FDA recogni... |
| - | Pharmacists join chorus calling for DOJ to stop Optum-Change Healthcare merger | A pair of national associations representing over 21,000 independent pharmacies have joined the growing list of organizations asking the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to intervene and stop the merger of health technology company Change H... |
| - | Pharmacies face extra audit burdens that threaten their existence | The clock was about to strike midnight, and Scott Newman was desperately feeding pages into a scanner, trying to prevent thousands of dollars in prescription payments from turning into a pumpkin.
As the owner of Newman Family Pharmacy, an i... |
