October 20, 20170Comments

Scary Monsters Lurking Everywhere

Halloween is upon us and the Monster Mash begins In pharmacy the Monsters are lurking everywhere, the dreaded PBM’s, Mail Order Pharmacies, Specialty Pharmacies, Part D Preferred Networks, DIR Fees, Unfair

by Michelle

July 7, 20170Comments

New On The Streets: Drug For Nerve Pain Boosts High For Opioid Abusers

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez July 6, 2017 ATHENS, Ohio — On April 5, Ciera Smith sat in a car parked on the gravel driveway of the Rural Women’s Recovery Program here with

by Michelle

June 23, 20170Comments

Lots Of Boos In California For Senate Health Bill

By Anna Gorman and Kellen Browning and Ana B. Ibarra June 23, 2017 California politicians, medical providers and consumer advocates served up harsh critiques of the newly unveiled Senate health care bill

by Michelle

September 16, 20150Comments

It’s All About The Money: How Mandatory Mail Order Pharmacy Puts The Lives of People Living With HIV & Hepatitis C at Risk

On Tuesday October 6th we will be hosting a CE Webinar in partnership with the American College of Apothecaries. Over the past couple of years health insurance companies have added HIV

by Michelle

August 3, 20150Comments

Lawsuit Alleges CVS Overcharged for Generic Rxs

California Healthline, Monday, August 3, 2015 Hundreds of thousands of people since 2008 might have been deliberately overcharged for generic drugs by CVS Health, according to a lawsuit filed last week

by Michelle

July 1, 20150Comments

California Legislature Passes AB 627

On June 25, 2015 the California Assembly passed AB 627, a Bill by Assembly member Jimmy Gomez and sponsored by the California Pharmacists Association. The Bill is the “MAC Transparency

by Michelle

June 27, 20150Comments

Overdoses Are Leading Cause of Injury-Related Deaths in California

California Healthline, Thursday, June 18, 2015 Drug overdoses now are the leading cause of injury-related deaths in 36 states, including California, according to a report released Wednesday by Trust for America's

by Michelle

June 26, 20150Comments

DOJ Charges Hundreds for Medicare Fraud Totaling $712M

California Healthline, Friday, June 19, 2015 Nearly 250 people, including 46 providers, were charged with falsely billing Medicare a total of nearly $712 million, federal officials announced Thursday, the Wall Street

by Michelle

June 17, 20150Comments

Insurers in Calif., Other States Increasingly Considering Mergers

California Healthline, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 Large insurers in California and across the U.S. are increasingly looking for merger opportunities as they compete for customers through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges,

by Michelle

June 2, 20150Comments

Rx Drug Shortages On the Rise; Cancer Drug Prices Prompt Concern

California Healthline, Monday, June 1, 2015 The number of prescription drugs that are in short supply in the U.S. has increased by nearly 75%, to about 265, over the past five

by Michelle

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