Author: Peter

Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act, H.R. 592/S. 314, would give state-licensed pharmacists in underserved communities provider status, enabling them to provide...services to Medicare patients...bill would amend Medicare Part B rules to allow pharmacists to receive payment for their care services, thereby increasing patients’ access to essential services,...

....doctors treat his cancer, the burden of treating his pain has fallen on his family...as the Russian economy has faltered, pain management for people with severe illnesses,...has become all but unaffordable...

Providers must work with patients to stop treatments that don't actually help and, in some cases, cause more harm..

• Empower patient decision-making.
• Shift to value-based pay practices.
• Determine when new approaches are really better.
• Reform medical malpractice.

Patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at high risk for...readmissions...."Implementation of an (clinical pharmacy services) multidose medication dispensing on discharge program was associated with a reduction in 30-day and 60-day hospital readmissions...

..how you can get more involved in supporting the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act , the provider status legislation for pharmacists. Here are a few tips on how you can help encourage your Members of Congress to support H.R. 592/S. 314.

• When Congress is IN session
•  E-mail
•  Call
•  Visit
•  Gossip
• When Congress is OUT of session
•  Plan a visit
•  Host a Member at your pharmacy (or your school!).
•  Attend a Town Hall

insurance regulators and state attorneys general are lining up to scrutinize Aetna Inc's proposed $33 billion takeover of rival Humana Inc for potential harm to consumers,...already expected to be a tough and lengthy review by federal antitrust authorities.

Western New England University College of Pharmacy...recently announced that the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education has granted full accreditation status..

Albany College of Pharmacy...announced...opening of a student operated pharmacy...In addition to dispensing medications, the pharmacy will serve as a "collaboratory" where the College will partner with local health care providers to offer an expanded range of clinical services.

United States has filed and settled a civil lawsuit against ROCHESTER DRUG COOPERATIVE, INC.,.distributor of controlled substances...admitted and accepted responsibility for numerous violations of the Controlled Substances Act..agreed to pay $360,000 in penalties and to re-submit to DEA corrected record-keeping reports..

Novartis's new heart failure drug, sacubitril and valsartan (Entresto),..is indicated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure...and reduced ejection fraction.