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August 1, 2010
Take Care Health Systems praises declaration of NCCCW

Take Care Health Systems has praised the designation of National Convenient Care Clinic Week by...

July 21, 2010
Personal Care Products Council responds to proposed Safe Cosmetics Act of 2010

While there is a need to modernize the regulatory structure of the cosmetics industry, the...

July 19, 2010
Health IT vital to medication therapy, NACDS tells congressional panel

In a new plea to Congress, the chain pharmacy industry renewed its support for the...

July 15, 2010
Castellani successfully can fill Tauzin's shoes

It’s been said many times that the people you know are as important as what...

July 15, 2010
Personal Care Products Council supports expanded FDA role in industry oversight

The Personal Care Products Council announced on July 15 that it is calling for a...

June 17, 2010
NCPA fights 'improper and unwarranted' Part B recoupment efforts

Independent pharmacy clearly has found its voice....

June 10, 2010
Lobbying for FMAP extension: It makes sense

Chain and independent pharmacy retailers learned a long time ago that going to bat for...

June 9, 2010
CCA launches National Convenient Care Clinic Week this August

The Convenient Care Association has announced the creation of National Convenient Care Clinic Week, Aug....

May 31, 2010
Federal delay of identity theft rules wins praise from independent Rx lobby

The independent pharmacy lobby is hailing a decision by the Federal Trade Commission to freeze...

May 16, 2010
Rewriting health reform

Last issue I wrote about the 9-in.-by-12-in. box on my desk, in which I keep...

April 18, 2010
Weighing in on health reform

Want to weigh in on healthcare reform? What do you think it weighs, anyway—Congress’ Patient...

April 8, 2010
Government shortcuts spell disaster for health program beneficiaries

Once again, government seems to be mangling the delicate balance among pharmacies, generic drug suppliers...

March 25, 2010
New challenges on the horizon as healthcare overhaul made official

After more than a year that spawned bitter debate, a tea party, a growing divide...

March 11, 2010
Grassroots advocacy resource expands its presence in healthcare game

With health reform standing at a crossroad, the pharmacy industry no doubt is keeping full-court...

March 8, 2010
GPhA hopes Office of Generic Drugs gets more funding from Congress

An organization representing the generic drug industry is hoping that Congress gives the Food and...

February 25, 2010
MTM services send Kerr Drug to head of the class

For the second year in a row, Raleigh, N.C.-based Kerr Drug has earned high marks...

January 28, 2010
With health reform outlook dimmed, pharmacy can’t abandon its agenda

Was the massive effort by the White House and congressional Democrats to overhaul the nation’s...

December 22, 2009
Senators urge for Medicaid generic drug reimbursement provision in health-reform bill

The mid-December plea by 16 members of Congress to assure a fair payment for pharmacies...

December 17, 2009
Pharmacy groups hail bipartisan effort to lift Medicaid generic dispensing rates

A small group of U.S. representatives from both parties has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

December 10, 2009
Agreement to drop public option pushes health bill 'way down road'

To paraphrase a quote often attributed — but probably incorrectly — to 19th century German...

November 19, 2009
Coalition of pharmacy, health groups urges Congress to address compliance

A whole slew of health policy-makers, health-reform advocates, federal and state lawmakers, budget hawks and...

November 12, 2009
Independents’ lobby urges changes to health-reform bill passed in House

Like their chain pharmacy counterparts, the people who own and operate their own single-store or...

October 25, 2009
Someone get me off this godforsaken island

Remember “Gilligan’s Island?” Man, that was a great show. The thing about “Gilligan’s Island” was...

October 15, 2009
President gives pharmacies a delay as Medicare DME requirements loom

It’s like “Whack-a-Mole,” that game-arcade exercise in quick reflexes and frustration....

October 8, 2009
Health reform study buoys Dems as CBO predicts deficit reduction

After months of hard-edged wrangling in Congress, on the Sunday morning political gab fests, on...

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