Tag: Independent pharmacies
Optum Rx says it’s looking to ‘correct imbalances’
March 24, 2025HME News Staff
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Optum Rx will align payment models more closely to the costs pharmacies may face due to manufacturing pricing actions effective immediately and with full implementation by January 2028.
The company says the change will positively impact its non-affiliated network pharmacies, including the more than 24,000 independent, community pharmacies it serves.
“Pharmacies and pharmacists provide important care to patients, and we recognize that increasing...
In brief: Protect indie pharmacies, comment on NIV decision, fill sleep education gaps
March 14, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – A group of senators has introduced legislation to limit what they say are abusive pricing practices by pharmacy benefit managers.
The “Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act,” introduced by Sens. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Roger Marshal, R-Kan., Mark Warner, D-Va., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., cracks down on what they call “spread pricing” - charging Medicaid more than PBMs charge pharmacies for a drug, driving up costs for Medicaid and short-changing pharmacies....
NCPA, Union Springs Healthcare support indie pharmacists
May 9, 2017HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The National Community Pharmacists Association and Union Springs Healthcare have formed a strategic partnership to bolster pharmacy-patient relationships and grow pharmacy revenue. Through the initiative, NCPA will bring to independent community pharmacy owners and staff the Companion Care Counseling program developed by Union Springs Healthcare. The program features a suite of online resources to support community pharmacists, and foster proactive and effective patient counseling...
Short takes: Allina Health, Cardinal Health
July 28, 2015HME News Staff
Staff at Allina Health Home Oxygen and Medical Equipment has earned the Aids to Daily Living Specialist credential through Accessible Home Improvement of America. The certification is designed to assist professionals dealing in the retail environment of ADLs. Staff will be required to renew this certification every two years�Cardinal Health has named the winners of its annual Independent Pharmacy Best Practices award: Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Whiting, N.J., (Wellness Advantage category); Katterman's...