June 13, 20190Comments

Help End DIR Fees & Stop The Highway Robbery

DIR fees have risen 45,000% and are crippling pharmacists and pharmacies from being able to do business especially in the specialty arena. Community pharmacists that specialize and serve the HIV

by Michelle

October 16, 20180Comments

Medicare Advantage Riding High As New Insurers Flock To Sell To Seniors

Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Health care experts widely expected the Affordable Care Act to hobble Medicare Advantage, the government-funded private health plans that millions of seniors have chosen as an

by Michelle

June 21, 20180Comments

California Poised To Expand Access To Hepatitis C Drugs

Pauline Bartolone, California Healthline Patrick Garcia wasn’t completely surprised when he learned recently he had hepatitis C. Until a few years ago, he had experimented with numerous drugs, injecting heroin, methamphetamine,

by Michelle

October 20, 20170Comments

A Few Pointers To Help Save Money And Avoid The Strain Of Medicare Enrollment

By Susan Jaffe Older or disabled Americans with Medicare coverage have probably noticed an uptick in mail solicitations from health insurance companies, which can mean only one thing: It’s time

by Michelle

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

October 10, 20170Comments

New Law Challenges ‘Evils’ Of Pharma Profits, California Governor Claims

By April Dembosky, KQED California Gov. Jerry Brown defied the drug industry Monday by signing a sweeping drug price transparency bill that will force drugmakers to publicly justify big price

by Michelle

October 10, 20170Comments

Patients, Health Insurers Challenge Iowa’s Privatized Medicaid

By Clay Masters, Iowa Public Radio Iowa is one of 38 states that radically changed the way it runs Medicaid over the past few years. The state moved about 600,000

by Michelle

October 2, 20170Comments

Do Pharma’s Claims On Drug Prices Pass The Smell Test? We Found 5 Stinkers.

By Jay Hancock October 2, 2017 Drug companies launched an ad and publicity extravaganza this year right after President-elect Donald Trump said they “are getting away with murder” on sky-high pill

by Michelle

September 29, 20170Comments

Absent Federal Action, States Take The Lead On Curbing Drug Costs

By Shefali Luthra September 29, 2017 , Kaiser Health News Updated, 12:26 p.m. This story was updated to reflect that a federal judge rejected a request to block the Maryland law

by Michelle

September 28, 20170Comments

MichRx Consulting Research in Managed Healthcare Connect

Michelle Sherman, President of MichRx Pharmacist Consulting Services, Inc. was pleased to present research in the form of a poster at #NASP2017 #NASPAnnual conference in Washington DC last week. The research

by Michelle

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