Content about Healthcare reform

August 30, 2010
Cutler: 'Saving money while improving quality of care' should be at forefront

Comparing the situation with a hypothetical B-movie about a whale eating New York, Harvard University...

August 29, 2010
NACDS chairman: Assert pharmacy’s role in seeking solutions for costly health system

If there ever was a time for retail pharmacists to assert their role in a...

August 26, 2010
Convenient care clinic industry plays integral role in U.S. healthcare system

Take Care Health Systems’ announcement that its Take Care Clinics ranked among the top 10%...

July 7, 2010
NCPA urges delay of PECOS changes that could deter community pharmacy industry

Fearing that the implementation of an electronic provider enrollment program for Medicare Part B in...

June 29, 2010
NACDS responds to CMS moving up PECOS enrollment date

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores is objecting to a move by the Centers...

June 9, 2010
Deloitte survey: Consumers satisfied with health plans, but concerned about changes

Of the 82% of consumers surveyed who considered themselves "well" or "adequately" insured, nearly all...

May 20, 2010
Retail clinics should join front lines of America's health care

Emergency room visits have been -- and continue to be -- on the rise, and...

May 16, 2010
CMS nominee an advocate for change in health payment and innovation

If approved by the U.S. Senate, President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Centers for...

May 3, 2010
Consumers unsure of how U.S. healthcare system works, survey finds

Despite widespread media coverage on healthcare reform, political debates and legislative initiatives over the past...

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
Consumers may get more say in their healthcare decisions

Patient-centric healthcare solutions offer a glimpse of what health reform eventually could look like by...

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 22, 2010
Sweeping healthcare overhaul becomes law

Capping a tumultuous, yearlong battle that came to define both his presidency and the increasingly...

March 21, 2010
Health reform draws pharma’s support, but alarm from insurance industry

Passage of the mammoth health-reform bill Sunday night by the U.S. House of Representatives is...

February 18, 2010
Medicaid without retail pharmacy: A recipe for disaster

Simply put, if you take a significant number of retail pharmacies out of the Medicaid...

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...

January 12, 2010
NCPA, congressmen discuss Medicaid drug reimbursement cuts

The National Community Pharmacists Association on Wednesday held a conference call in an attempt to...

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...

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...

September 17, 2009
Baucus bill a mixed bag for pharmacy

Question: What piece of compromise legislation proposes to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system at a...

August 13, 2009
CVS Caremark study finds need for improvements in healthcare access, costs

CVS Caremark’s 2009 “Health IQ” study is yet another indicator coming from the private sector...

July 19, 2009
Want to fix health care? Leverage clinics

“We’re already paying for it—it’s just hidden in your premiums.”...

July 16, 2009
Senate panel votes in favor of healthcare reform bill

After decades of fruitless efforts, activist lawmakers in a Democratically controlled Congress finally may be...

March 15, 2009
Why private sector needs to lead on health reform

As the editor of the publication, I have both the blessing and the curse of...

February 5, 2009
Walgreens ad focuses on pharmacy's and clinic's roll in healthcare reform

This full-page ad taken out by Walgreens is important as it comes at a time...

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