Patients Say Costs Determining Factor In Their Treatment Decisions Seventy-three percent of insured patients receiving assistance from Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation reported that health care costs are influencing their medication and treatment decisions more this year than last. Nearly half of these said that cost is having a "very big" or "big" impact on whether they seek treatment or fill prescriptions.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealthcareSource and TestSource Extend Partnership To Improve Healthcare Providers' Selection Of Qualified Candidates HealthcareSource�, the leading provider of talent management software solutions to the healthcare industry, and TestSource, the leading provider of assessment and test solutions to the healthcare industry, today announced they have formed a Preferred Partnership. The partnership will result in no-cost integrations for shared customers and enhanced product integration. The partnership extends a long-standing relationship between the two companies that has resulted in over 80 integrated customers. (PRWeb Jun 13, 2009)
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Source: www.prweb.comCCA, AIMp And NPA Statement: Decriminalisation Of Dispensing Errors The decriminalisation of dispensing errors is an issue that has united the profession.
Pharmacy owners, large and small, have been part of the discourse and the consensus. This has been very apparent around the Board tables, and other forums where the matter has brought the profession together to discuss the issue.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comStudy suggests reducing number of Medicare Part D plans could save beneficiaries money The Medicare Part D
prescription drug benefit is too confusing for seniors, often leading beneficiaries to choose unnecessarily expensive plans, according to a new study. What’s more, seniors may not even realize they’re overpaying. Researchers at the University of Plymouth in the U.K. and at UCLA’s School of Public Health found that, regardless of age, [...]
Source: feedproxy.google.comRecession Pushes Cost Of Medicines Up, Pharmacists Lobby For Reform Role "Even with the Medicare drug benefit, even with the prevalence of low-cost generics, even with loss-leader discounting by big chains, many Americans still find themselves unable to afford the
prescription medications that manage their life-threatening conditions," The New York Times reports. In some areas, "the recession has heightened the struggle.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDesert Oasis Recovery, an Albuquerque, New Mexico Based Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center Announces a New Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment Program Desert Oasis Recovery, an Albuquerque, New Mexico Based Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center Announces a New Prescription Drug Addiction Treatment Program. Prescription drug addiction is complicated and the least understood of all addictions, but can be just as destructive as any other type of addiction to a person and their loved ones. (PRWeb Jun 14, 2009)
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Source: www.prweb.comMan Sentenced Over £6m Unlicensed And Counterfeit Medicines Case Martin Simon Hickman, a 49-year-old unlicensed and counterfeit medicines dealer, was sentenced to two years imprisonment at the Southwark Crown Court after pleading guilty to six counts of selling and supplying fake and unlicensed medicines, and money laundering to the sum of £1.4m. Hickman operated businesses including an illegal online
pharmacy to sell unlicensed and counterfeit medicines for erectile dysfunction throughout the United Kingdom and abroad.
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