January 22, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
AssureCare, Colleen Lindholz, Community Care of North Carolina, Jim Kirby, Kroger, Kroger pharmacies, Kroger pharmacy, MedCompass, Pharmacist eCare Plan, Troy Trygstad, Yousuf Ahmad
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. and health technology provider AssureCare have achieved Level III capability from Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) for the Pharmacist eCare Plan initiative. The companies said Monday that Kroger pharmacies in North Carolina using AssureCare’s MedCompass solution can now share care plans electronically, support care coordination, and actively participate with CCNC and its patient-centered medical home and
January 10, 2018 by B. Douglas Hoey and Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, Community Care of North Carolina, community pharmacists, community pharmacy, CPESN–USA, DIR fees, IDNs, independent pharmacies, integrated delivery networks, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA, pharmacy benefit manager business model, pharmacy DIR legislation, prescription drug abuse
Opinion

Community pharmacy owners occupy a critical position in the pharmacy marketplace and, even more importantly, as health care providers in communities across the country. Most stakeholders in the profession understand the vital marketplace check and balance that independent businesses provide. If only two or three megachain drug stores existed, negotiations with payers would look very
February 7, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CCNC, Community Care of North Carolina, community pharmacists, Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network, CPESN, Ed Vess, EHR, electronic health record, electronic medical record, EMR, health information technology, pharmacy clinical information, pharmacy technology, QS/1, Troy Trygstad
Pharmacy, Supplier News, Technology

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Pharmacy technology provider QS/1 is taking part in a pilot to enhance community pharmacists’ ability to provide integrated clinical services to patients. Called the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN), the project aims to develop a system to enable health care providers and pharmacies to devise care plans for patients that can
April 27, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
CCNC, Community Care of North Carolina, PHARMACeHOME, Pharmacy Management Systems, QS/1
Supplier News
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Pharmacy automation provider QS/1 has partnered with Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) to help sharpen coordination among health care providers. QS/1 said its Pharmacy Management Systems have been enhanced to exchange information with CCNC’s PHARMACeHOME software, used to conduct medication reconciliation to manage the care of Medicaid recipients in North Carolina. To