March 13, 2017 by Brian Bossetta
#MyRexallPharmacist, Mary Kelly, Rexall
2017, Issue 03-13-2017, Issues, News
TORONTO — To mark Pharmacist Awareness Month, Rexall is launching its third annual #MyRexallPharmacist campaign. Beginning March 1 and continuing through the month, Canadians are invited to share a positive experience with their Rexall pharmacist on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #MyRexallPharmacist or by visiting myrexallpharmacist.ca. By sharing their story, Canadians will have a chance
March 13, 2017 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, health expenditures in the United States, U.S. health care spending
2017, Issue 03-13-2017, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — The pace of growth in U.S. health care spending is expected to quicken this year, increasing 5.4% over 2016, according to a report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Health care spending last year hit $3.4 trillion, an amount that represents a 4.8% increase from 2015, CMS said in a
March 13, 2017 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review
cancer-specialized pharmacies, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Louis DeGennaro, Matthew Farber, Walgreens community specialty pharmacies, Walgreens pharmacists
2017, Issue 03-13-2017, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — More than 50 Walgreens community specialty pharmacies have been designated as cancer-specialized locations, according to the company, which noted that those facilities are led by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with advanced cancer care training and knowledge, including medication management and patient support. Walgreens said that the cancer-specialized pharmacies help patients access to,
March 13, 2017 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review
Accordant, Alan Lotvin, CVS Health, CVS Specialty, EHR, electronic health record, Epic, Epic EHR system at CVS, Trip Hofer
2017, Issue 03-13-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has chosen the Epic electronic health record (EHR) system for its CVS Specialty care management programs. The transition to Epic will help integrate and improve clinical processes for CVS Specialty, including processes for CVS’ Accordant unit, which provides care management program services for patients with rare, chronic diseases. This move
March 13, 2017 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review
Albertsons Cos., Mark Panzer, Pat Dennis, RangeMe
2017, Issue 03-13-2017, Issues, News
BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons Cos. is partnering with RangeMe, an online platform for product discovery, to scale its retail buying efforts for the general merchandise and health and beauty categories across all of the company’s 19 banners. “This new technology directly benefits our customers and employees alike,” comments Mark Panzer, senior vice president of pharmacy,
March 13, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
corporate social responsibility, Get a Shot. Give a Shot, Kevin Walgreen, Ornella Barra, Richard Ellis, Stefano Pessina, UN Foundation, Walgreens Boots Alliance
2017, Issue 03-13-2017, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — There was a time not all that many years ago when corporate social responsibility (CSR) was viewed by most companies as a second- or third-tier priority, something good to do but not a central part of the business model. That thinking has changed radically in recent years, with CSR taking its rightful place
March 13, 2017 by David Pinto and Chain Drug Review
chain drug retailers, David Pinto, drug store merchandise mix, retail shelf space
2017, Issue 03-13-2017, Issues, Opinion
Once upon a time, the basic drug store merchandise mix was a simple affair, a half-dozen major brands in each product category, a handful of popular sizes, a small assortment of line extensions. No longer. Today’s drug store shelves are crammed with both major and supplementary brands. Indeed, sometimes off-brands dominate. Line extensions sometimes dominate.
March 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Jeffrey Woldt, Lewis Drug, Mark Griffin
2017, Featured Articles, Issue 03-13-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Lewis Drug is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and the company is marking the occasion with a yearlong series of promotions and special events. The first of them, Customer Appreciation Day on March 25, will highlight the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based company’s heritage and close ties to the communities it serves in that state, Iowa and Minnesota,
February 27, 2017 by Greg Jacobson and Chain Drug Review
ACA, ACA exchanges, Aetna, Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services, health insurance exchanges, Humana, Mark Bertolini, Obamacare, Tom Price, Trump administration
2017, Issue 02-27-2017, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — Humana Inc.’s decision to pull out of the health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act threatens to cripple Obamacare before Republican lawmakers bent on its repeal can cobble together a replacement. The Humana decision came one day before the Trump administration issued a proposed rule that attempts to offer insurers more
February 27, 2017 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review
Brian Cornell, President Donald Trump, Retail Industry Leaders Association, RILA, Stefano Pessina, Target Corp., Walgreens Boots Alliance
2017, Issue 02-27-2017, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — A group of retail executives, including Walgreens Boots Alliance executive chairman and chief executive officer Stefano Pessina, met with President Donald Trump earlier this month to discuss issues related to imports and changes to the tax code. The meeting was a scheduled event with the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA). “The retail industry
February 27, 2017 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review
Federal Trade Commission, Fred’s Inc., Rite Aid, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreens-Rite Aid merger, WBA-Rite Aid deal
2017, Issue 02-27-2017, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) and Rite Aid Corp. have extended the end date for their merger by six months, and have indicated a willingness to sell up to 1,200 Rite Aid stores to win Federal Trade Commission approval for the deal. Originally WBA said it was willing to divest up to
February 27, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Martin Otto, NACDS, NACDS Regional Chain Conference, NACDS RxImpact Day on Capitol Hill, National Association of Chain Drug Stores
2017, Issue 02-27-2017, Issues, News
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Pharmacy is pivotal to the national reckoning about health care, and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores is highlighting its place by advancing a pro-pharmacy and pro-patient agenda. That was the message of industry leaders at the NACDS Regional Chain Conference, with pharmacy-based answers to national uncertainties emerging as a
February 27, 2017 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
Linda Filler, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance
2017, Issue 02-27-2017, Issues, News
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (WBA) said Walgreens chief merchant Linda Filler is leaving the company on April 1. Filler has agreed to serve in an advisory role beyond that date, the company said, and she plans to devote more time to her family and to accept an offer to join the board
February 27, 2017 by Greg Jacobson and Chain Drug Review
Fred's Pharmacy, Fred’s Inc., Gregory Froton, Kimberley Felice-Dooley, Mike Bloom, Steve Wuebker
2017, Issue 02-27-2017, Issues, News
MEMPHIS — Fred’s Inc. has strengthened its executive leadership team with two recent hires and a promotion. Most recently the regional discount and drug chain added Gregory Froton as senior vice president of merchandising, general merchandise, and promoted Kimberley Felice-Dooley to the position of senior vice president of merchandising, consumables. In December the company appointed