WASHINGTON — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee urging them to reject calls to increase retail community pharmacist co-payments, thereby protecting Tricare beneficiary access. The letter
One-third of the way into the new year, the chain drug store industry is hardly setting any worlds on fire. Business is good, but noteworthy only in the fact that it’s not better. America’s chain drug industry has significantly dialed down the pace of mergers and acquisitions that had characterized it over the past two
Decisions about health care will increasingly be based on evidence that, when applied to the individual circumstances of a patient, supports the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of one course of treatment over another. In the new world of health care, providers are striving to achieve better outcomes through enhanced quality and improved efficiency. To that end,
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Growth in spending on medicines dipped last year, but that hasn’t eased the challenge of balancing access to drugs and the cost of care in an era of innovative but more expensive treatments, according to the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. For the second year, medication spending climbed by double digits in
