January 5, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Betsy Ferguson, Brian Tilzer, Chain Drug Review, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Hanley Wheeler, Heidi Devlin, Helena Foulkes, Jeff Knudson, Josh Flum, Judy Sansone, Kathy Jo Payette, Kevin Hourican, Raymond Auger, Retailer of the Year, Scott Baker
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The editors of Chain Drug Review have named Helena Foulkes, president of CVS/pharmacy, and her colleagues on the company’s retail leadership team as the publication’s Chain Drug Retailers of the Year for 2014. Though Foulkes has been in this position for only 12 months, the group of veteran executives that she heads
January 5, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Chain Drug Review, Merchant of the Year for 2014, Rite Aid, Tony Montini
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — There’s an underlying principle guiding Tony Montini and the merchandising and category management teams at Rite Aid Corp.: Be quick to act, but only when you have facts and data to support decisions. In the fast-changing arena of health and convenience retailing, Montini, the drug chain’s executive vice president of merchandising,
January 5, 2015 by Mark Tosh and Chain Drug Review
Chain Drug Review, community pharmacy, Health Mart, McKesson, Pharmacy Innovator of the Year, Steve Courtman
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News, Pharmacy
SAN FRANCISCO — What the ideal health care delivery model will look like in five or 10 years remains a mystery, but a few things that most experts agree will be key to shaping the future of health care are rooted in the words “value” and “empowerment.” Patients, payers and providers all will be more
January 5, 2015 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Alliance Boots, Chain Drug Review, Greg Wasson, Kermit Crawford, Ronald L. Ziegler Lifetime Achievement Award, Walgreens
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Kermit Crawford, who retired as Walgreen Co.’s president of pharmacy, health and wellness on December 31, ended his career at Walgreens the same way he began it 31 years ago — providing the best in patient care. Building on the ethos instilled in him by his mother, Doris Crawford, while he was
January 5, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
chain drug industry, chain drug retailers, retail health care, retail pharmacy
2015, Business, Issue 01-05-2015, News, Pharmacy
NEW YORK — As 2015 gets under way, chain drug retailers in the United States and Canada are seeking ways to get the most out of pharmacy’s continued movement away from a dispensing orientation toward a service model focused on improved health outcomes. Chain drug industry executives say pharmacies are positioned to become integral health
January 5, 2015 by Mark Tosh and Chain Drug Review
Alliance Boots, Greg Wasson, James Skinner, Stefano Pessina, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, William Foote
2015, Business, Issue 01-05-2015, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — The New Year ushered in the beginning of a new era at Walgreen Co., which is scheduled to complete the second and final step of its merger with Alliance Boots GmbH in the first quarter. And this new era for Walgreens Boots Alliance will get under way without the presence of longtime
January 5, 2015 by Mark Tosh and Chain Drug Review
chain drug stores, Christmas, Craig Johnson, CVS/pharmacy, drug chains, holiday retail sales, holiday shopping season, Jack Kleinhenz, Judy Sansone, MasterCard Advisors, Matthew Shay, National Retail Federation, Sarah Quinlan, SpendingPulse
2015, Business, Issue 01-05-2015, News
NEW YORK — A late shopping rush on the weekend before Christmas helped put some twinkle in holiday retail sales, but the final results for the season seemed to fall short of the optimistic projections retailers had set back in early November. Drug chains, however, may have fared slightly better during the holidays than the
January 5, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Analyst Day, CVS Health, CVS/caremark, CVS/minuteclinic, CVS/pharmacy, Dave Denton, Helena Foulkes, Jon Roberts, Larry Merlo, PBM, specialty pharmacy
2015, Business, Issue 01-05-2015, News
NEW YORK — CVS Health “has made the right moves,” and is “very excited about the enterprise that we have become,” president and chief executive officer Larry Merlo said at the company’s annual Analyst Day here. CVS is well positioned to meet the changing needs of consumers, payers and providers with its integrated retail pharmacy,
January 5, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
health clinics, HealthSpot, John Standley, Ken Martindale, Quit For You, RediClinic, Rite Aid, smoking cessation program, telehealth stations, Vaccine Central
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. is making steady progress with its health care initiatives, including the opening of the first RediClinic health clinics in the drug chain’s stores. In a conference call last month on its fiscal 2015 third quarter earnings, chairman and chief executive officer John Standley and president and chief operating
January 5, 2015 by Mark Tosh and Chain Drug Review
David Cheesewright, Duncan Mac Naughton, Gisel Ruiz, Greg Foran, Judith McKenna, Walmart, Walmart International, Walmart U.S.
2015, Business, Issue 01-05-2015, News
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart continued to reorganize its senior management lineup as 2014 came to a close, with the mid-December promotion of longtime company executive Judith McKenna to the post of chief operating officer for Walmart U.S. McKenna, who has been with Walmart for almost 20 years and most recently served as chief development officer
January 5, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, Avalere Health, Caroline Pearson, Council of Economic Advisors, Dan Mendelson, Health and Human Services, health insurance, health spending, HealthCare.gov, Jason Furman, Sylvia Burwell
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News
WASHINGTON — A late surge lifted the number of people enrolling for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act to nearly 2.5 million since mid-November. More than 1 million signed up in the last week of open enrollment before the December 15 deadline for full-year coverage in 2015. The enrollment figure, which excluded the final
January 5, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, H.R. 4577, Mark Merritt, Medicare Part D drug plans, National Community Pharmacists Association, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, pharmacy benefit managers, pharmacy networks, preferred pharmacies
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News, Pharmacy
WASHINGTON — Preferred pharmacies for Medicare Part D drug plans are more accessible in suburbs and rural areas than in cities, a study by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has found. “While we appreciate the importance of providing lower costs to beneficiaries, these findings reinforce CMS’ concern that plans are offering access
January 5, 2015 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review
accountable care organizations, ACOs, Amanda Brummel, Best Practices: Improving Patient Outcomes and Costs in an ACO Through Comprehensive Medication Therapy Management, Fairview Pharmacy Services, Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, medication therapy management, MTM, National Pharmaceutical Council, Robert Dubois
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News, Pharmacy
WASHINGTON — Pharmacists can perform a pivotal role in ensuring the optimal use of pharmaceuticals and improving patient outcomes in accountable care organizations (ACOs), concludes a case study published in the December issue of the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy. The report, “Best Practices: Improving Patient Outcomes and Costs in an ACO Through
January 5, 2015 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review
Derek Rago, Health Mart, LoyaltyScript@Retail, McKesson Patient Relationship Solutions
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News, Pharmacy
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — McKesson Patient Relationship Solutions (MPRS), a division of McKesson Corp., has launched LoyaltyScript@Retail, an initiative to provide pharmacists with a timely, convenient means of providing patient savings and enhanced care at the point of dispensing, helping to improve patient medication adherence. The program provides pharmacists with in-store, online access to co-pay savings