WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled that health insurers do not have to share data, including information about how much they pay for medical claims, with state agencies. The 6-2 decision is seen as a blow to state government efforts to track health care costs within their jurisdictions. The case involved a Vermont law
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. has begun making talking prescription devices available to help its pharmacy customers with visual impairments. The drug chain said earlier this month that the devices, available at all of its approximately 4,600 stores, will be offered free upon request to customers who are blind or visually impaired. “It’s
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Meijer Inc.’s expansion plans for the year include an investment of more than $400 million in projects that will include the construction of nine new Meijer supercenters and the remodeling of 32 other outlets. The company said Wednesday that new Meijer supercenters set to open in 2016 will be located in
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart will close all of its Walmart Express small-format stores in the United States as part of a move to shut 269 stores worldwide. The 154 U.S. store closings also include Walmart Neighborhood Markets, 12 Walmart Supercenters, seven stores in Puerto Rico, six discount centers and four Sam’s Clubs. “The large majority
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreen Co. is turning over the operation of 56 Chicagoland in-store Healthcare Clinics to Advocate Health Care, the largest health system in Illinois. Advocate will lease the space in the Walgreens stores to run the walk-in medical clinics. The clinics are set to be rebranded as Advocate Clinic at Walgreens and will
NEW YORK — Walgreen Co. was among the firms honored by the National Retail Federation at the trade association’s convention here last month. Walgreens was named Retail Innovator of the Year at the NRF’s convention and expo, dubbed Retail’s Big Show. According to NRF, the award is given annually to “a company that is well
LAKELAND, Fla. — Publix Super Markets Inc. is expanding into Virginia, which will be the employee-owned food and drug chain’s seventh state. Publix said on Tuesday that it has signed two leases for stores in the greater Richmond area. The Bristol store will measure 54,000 square feet and will be located at the northeast corner
BOULDER, Colo. — Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy has named Richard Willis president and chief executive officer. He has also been appointed to the company’s board of directors. “After a comprehensive search process, the board is pleased to have found such an experienced and talented individual to assume the leadership of Pharmaca,” said Peter Cornetta, lead director
NEW YORK — Drug stores outpaced other mass retailers in December sales, even with modest increases in total and same-store sales for the month. Total drug store sales in December were up 4% compared with the same month last year, according to research by Chain Drug Review publisher Racher Press. Same-store sales increased 1.7%. And
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has opened its first MinuteClinic inside a Navarro Discount Pharmacy store. The new MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinic inside the Navarro store in Miami Lakes, Fla., joins 22 other South Florida MinuteClinic locations inside selected CVS/pharmacy stores. CVS acquired Navarro in July 2014, and it acquired MinuteClinic in 2006. “This new
ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores has joined other retail trade associations in commenting on proposed updates to the Environmental Protection Agency’s waste management regulations. Those rules could affect the way retailers handle their unsold consumer products and pharmaceuticals. NACDS — together with the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), the Food
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart plans to close all of its Walmart Express small-format stores in the United States as part of a move to shut 269 stores worldwide. The retail giant said Friday that, after a review of the nearly 11,600 stores in its global portfolio, it aims to close 269 stores, including 154 U.S.
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of congressional representatives is urging that retail pharmacists play a part in a new initiative designed to improve the use of medication therapy management in Medicare. Forty-four members of the House of Representatives — 24 Republicans and 20 Democrats — signed a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services
BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons Cos. said that its planned initial public offering has been postponed indefinitely. The announcement came on October 14, the day that Walmart shares fell 10% — their largest one-day decline in nearly 30 years — after the company warned that its earnings would decline in the fiscal year that begins in
