Have you ever heard of a ACO ?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Pharmaciststeve

Continued Growth Of Public And Private Accountable Care Organizations http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2013/02/19/continued-growth-of-public-and-private-accountable-care-organizations/ According to the article: As of the end of January 2013, we have identified 428 different ACOs throughout the country. ACOs are still a work in process and their eventual success or failure is still to be determined, but the accountable care movement’s influence on […]

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Could Obamacare turn into Obama Trauma for Medicare Advantage folks ?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Pharmaciststeve

Here Comes The Boom: CMS Slashes Medicare Advantage; ‘Disarray For Many Seniors’ http://www.forbes.com/sites/aroy/2013/02/19/here-comes-the-boom-cms-slashes-medicare-advantage-disarray-for-many-seniors/ From the Article: On Friday, the administration announced that it would be significantly reducing funding for the popular program. Obama’s proposal, according to one analyst, “would turn almost every plan in the industry unprofitable.” Richard Foster, the recently-retired chief actuary of the […]

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Another RICO lawsuit against CVS moving forward !

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Pharmaciststeve

This from a NCPA email APRx Lawsuit Against CVS Caremark Moves Ahead The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected CVS Caremark’s appeal of an earlier federal court ruling that most of Texas-based American Pharmacies’ (APRx) lawsuit against the drug store chain/PBM/mail order conglomerate must be heard in open court. The ruling by the […]

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Does Chain Drug Review “spin” the truth ?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Pharmaciststeve

Study: Customers give pharmacy staff high marks http://www.chaindrugreview.com/front-page/newsbreaks/study-customers-give-pharmacy-staff-high-marks   From the article: Greater use of central-fill facilities and well-trained, certified pharmacy technicians also has helped free up pharmacists from dispensing chores so they can devote more time to advising patients. Some pharmacy operators, too, have redesigned their pharmacy departments to make the pharmacists more accessible […]

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A good App

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Pharmaciststeve

Here is a good app for Iphone, Ipad, Android ZITE It is a news scanning service and you can chose  those subjects that interests you One of the sections that I picked was OBAMACARE… and the what came up was OMG! Another section was PHARMACY… did you know that 4Q Express Scripts profits jumped 74%? […]

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