National Pharmacy Benefit Manager To Strengthen How It Provides Language Assistance Services National
pharmacy benefit management company Medco will significantly improve access to its services for limited English proficient members in 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. As the nation's largest mail-order
pharmacy operation, Medco dispenses more than one hundred million prescriptions a year through the mail.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealth Reform Price Tag Has Dems Scrambling To Lower Cost The up to $1.6 trillion price tag for one version of health care reform has left Democrats scrambling to find a way to rein in costs while not sacrificing the basic tenets of a plan they favor, The Washington Post reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOnline Version Of The Chinese Journal Of Natural Medicines Launched By Elsevier Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced the launch of the online version of the Chinese Journal of
Natural Medicines (CJNM). Established in 2003, the Chinese Journal of
Natural Medicines is now available for the first time in English on ScienceDirect.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCeridian Engages in Health Care Reform, Asks Clients to Help Preserve Tax Advantages of FSAs for Working Families Elimination or curtailment of tax savings provided through FSAs may be expensive for American families (PRWeb Jun 18, 2009)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2549124.htm
Source: www.prweb.comASHP, ASHP Foundation Launch Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the ASHP Foundation today announced the
Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI), the next major step in the evolution of
pharmacy practice in hospitals and health systems. The PPMI will build on the landmark work of the Hilton Head conference, held by ASHP in 1985.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPatient Upside Murky In Drug-Price Cases "The prices of hundreds of brand-name drugs are about to be cut 4%, and millions of Americans may soon receive a check in the mail as compensation for having overpaid for their prescriptions," but "the extent to which the average consumer will benefit isn't yet clear," the Wall Street Journal reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew All-Natural Capsaicin-Based, Zinc-Free Nasal Spray Is Effective In Relieving Symptoms Of Allergic Rhinitis Researchers from Strategic BioSciences, together with investigators from the Institute for Asthma and Allergy (Wheaton, MD) reported that the new all-
natural product is safe and effective in relieving symptoms of allergic rhinitis.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
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