- This Week in Managed Care: February 22, 2019 (ajmc.com)
Samantha DiGrande, Welcome to This Week in Managed Care from the Managed Markets News Network
- This Week in Managed Care: February 15, 2019 (ajmc.com)
Laura Joszt, Managing Editor at The American Journal of Managed Care. Welcome to This Week in Managed Care from the Managed Markets News Network
- Nevada State Board of Pharmacy News (bop.nv.gov)
Board Members
Leo Basch, PharmD, RPh, Las Vegas
Robert Sullivan, Reno
Jason Penrod, PharmD, RPh, Reno
Kevin Desmond, RPh, Reno
Wayne Mitchell, PharmD, RPh, Carson City
Melissa Shake, PharmD, RPh, Las Vegas
Jade Jacobo, PharmD, JD, RPh, Las Vegas
Retirement of the Executive Secretary
- Larry L. Pinson, PharmD, RPhNew Reno Office -
985 Damonte Ranch Parkway, Suite 206, Reno, NV 89521.
Board Member UpdateNevada Medicaid Initiates Antibiotics Prior Authorization Criteria - Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
National Pharmacy Compliance NewsFinal Guidance Documents Address FDA Policies Related to DSCSA
First FDA-Approved Drug Containing Extract From Cannabis Plant to Be Placed in Schedule V
ASHP Guidelines Provide Recommendations for Preventing Patient Harm From Medication Errors
FDA’s Final Guidance Documents Address Compounding and Repackaging of Radiopharmaceuticals
Pharmacy Toolkit Encourages Conversations With Patients About Prescription Opioids
Biosimilars Added to FIP’s Policy on Pharmacists’ Right to Substitute a Medication
FDA Offers CE Course on Reducing Hypoglycemic Events in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes - Leveraging Health Literacy and Patient Preferences to Reduce Hypoglycemic Events in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
- Opioid prescriptions for pets surge, mirroring human crisis (reuters.com)Trends in Opioid Prescribing and Dispensing by Veterinarians in Pennsylvania (jamanetwork.com)
Many more Americans may be getting opioids for their pets, and veterinarians appear to be prescribing increasingly potent versions of these drugs to animals...The researchers examined data on opioid tablets and patches dispensed or prescribed by 134 veterinarians at an academic small-animal hospital in Philadelphia from 2007 to 2017. Over the decade, the amount of opioids used for creatures like rabbits, birds and reptiles surged 41 percent even though visits to the hospital increased by only 13 percent...
- February 22 Pharmacy Week in Review: Blood Glucose Test Strips Prove Accurate, Chronic Inflammatory Diseases Linked to Cancer (pharmacytimes.com)
Nicole Grassano, PTNN, Pharmacy Week in Review, this weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more.
- February 15 Pharmacy Week in Review: Psoriasis Treatment May Help Prevent Heart Disease, Unproven Products Prompt FDA Warnings (pharmacytimes.com)
Nicole Grassano, PTNN, Pharmacy Week in Review, this weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more.
- This Week in Managed Care: February 8, 2019 (ajmc.com)
Laura Joszt, Managing Editor at The American Journal of Managed Care. Welcome to This Week in Managed Care from the Managed Markets News Network
- CMS unveils CAR-T proposal, with emphasis on patient outcomes (biopharmadive.com)
Under a proposal...Medicare would cover CAR-T cell therapies through a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pathway known as Coverage with Evidence Development...The proposal holds a mix of provisions, including that patients must be monitored for at least two years post-treatment. Hospitals administering CAR-T therapy, whether through inpatient or outpatient care, must participate in a CMS-approved registry that collects data on patient outcomes and characteristics and then compares that data to what's been seen in pivotal clinical trials of the therapy or standard of care treatment...Hospitals and clinicians would track certain clinical data elements at baseline, at treatment, and then at three-month, six-month, one-year and two-year follow ups following administration...
- FDA putting Walgreens ‘on notice,’ weighs enforcement action for alleged illegal tobacco sales to minors (cnbc.com)
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he's putting pharmacy chain Walgreens "on notice" for allegedly selling tobacco products to minors...The agency has already filed formal complaints seeking to block a Walgreens' location in Miami and a Circle K Store in Charleston, South Carolina, from selling cigarettes or cigars for 30 days, citing "repeated violations."...Walgreens, the FDA noted, is currently the top violator among pharmacies that sell tobacco products. Some 22 percent of Walgreens locations inspected by the agency caught employees illegally selling tobacco products to minors...
- February 8 Pharmacy Week in Review: A Multifaceted Approach to Eliminated HCV, 3 States Report Measles Outbreaks (pharmacytimes.com)
Nicole Grassano, PTNN, Pharmacy Week in Review, this weekly video program provides our readers with an in-depth review of the latest news, product approvals, FDA rulings and more.