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…22 years of experience in working with independent pharmacists, Lester Nathan, The Pharmacy Sage, discusses the future of independent pharmacy and offers insights on ways to make money as an independent pharmacist.

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy will continue to fund access by state prescription monitoring programs to interstate data from its PMP InterConnect program. State PMPs will be able to participate in the program at no cost through June 2018.

The 21st Century Cures Act, a…bill aimed at fueling medical innovation, would cost $106 billion to implement and its cost-saving provisions—including limiting Medicaid pay for durable medical equipment—would yield $12 billion over the next decade,..

Police knew in 2006 that a Las Vegas doctor had been accused of sex crimes against a teenager. But that case was sealed; its outcome unknown. The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners…knew about the 2006 charges….now accused of having sex with a sedated girl while in his office and videotaping it….

St. Louis College of Pharmacy is out with the old and in with the new….will begin constructing a $40 million, 7-story student center, residence hall, and recreation facility…. This expansion will nearly double the on-campus housing space for pharmacy students,…

House Committee on VA Affairs today held a hearing on the Depart. of Veterans Affairs’ current budget, which reportedly faces a $2.6 billion shortfall…AHA urged Congress to reject any requests…to redirect funding for the Veterans Choice program to other VA programs. "Hospitals and health systems providing care for veterans in their communities …have invested resources to execute contracts and ensure veterans have access to care,"..

Too much data documentation may distract hospital infection preventionists from their main job—reducing the prevalence of hospital-acquired conditions,…Two full-time infection-prevention specialists at one 355-bed acute-care hospital logged…about 5/hrs/day..at…public reporting…in lieu of what they preferred to do: rounding, staff and patient education, product analysis and safety preparedness.

…annual review of the latest Fortune 500 list. Every year, …"follow the dollar" and understand how drug channel intermediaries make money…. I explore the profitability and shareholder returns of the largest drug wholesalers, chain pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers.

Marble City Health Mart Pharmacy, located in Sylacauga, Ala., has been named the 2015 Pharmacy of the Year grand prize winner by McKesson Corporation. McKesson’s Pharmacy of the Year award recognizes independent pharmacies that are best-in-class in a range of areas including innovative approaches to their business and outstanding service to their community.

Failure to predict workload increases in cities where more veterans are coming forward for services was just one of the reasons the VA is facing a $2.6 billion shortfall…..Southern Nevada,…the number of veterans receiving care since the new North Las Vegas VA Medical Center opened in 2013 has jumped 18 percent.