Pharmacists may do a better job than doctors helping chronically ill patients manage their blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels if they're allowed to direct people's health care, a new evidence review suggests. The review also found that pharmacists could manage chronic diseases with [Read more...]
In the year after the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) rescheduled hydrocodone combination products from Schedule III to II, 26.3 million fewer hydrocodone combination product prescriptions were written and 1.1 billion fewer were dispensed, according to a study published in the [Read more...]
West Virginia pharmacies are dispensing significantly fewer doses of the state's most popular prescription painkiller. The number of hydrocodone products, such as Vicodin and Lortab, dropped by nearly 13 million tablets last year, following a U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration change that put [Read more...]
The pharmacy benefit manager industry is coming under increased scrutiny by insurance companies and large chain pharmacies, according to news reports. Audits and reconciliation of reimbursement by a large insurer and at least one chain have revealed some PBMs are coming up short on [Read more...]