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The Changing Landscape of Pharmacy Accessibility

Pharmacy Times

Access to community pharmacies: a nationwide geographic information systems cross-sectional analysis. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). What pharmacy benefit managers do, and how they contribute to drug spending. The importance of innovative solutions to provide pharmaceutical care to these communities cannot be overstated.

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Pharmacies Need Strategies to Improve Health Care Access

Pharmacy Times

Implementation and evaluation of social determinants of health practice models within community pharmacy. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019;76(4):251-253. doi:10.1093/ajhp/zxy040 13. Foster AA, Daly CJ, Logan T, et al. 2022;62(4):1407-1416.doi:10.1016/j.japh.2022.02.005 doi:10.1016/j.japh.2022.02.005

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Pharmacists Can Educate Patients About Sun Safety

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a pharmacy-based, sun safety feasibility study. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). link] SPOT Skin Cancer seeks a world without skin cancer. American Academy of Dermatology. Accessed June 5, 2025. link] Kelly KM, Dhumal T, Scott VG, et al. 2021;61(1):e69-e79. doi:10.1016/j.japh.2020.10.004 2020.10.004 Sunscreen FAQs. Accessed June 5, 2025.

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Understanding Recent Changes to 505(b)(2) Drugs and Reimbursement

Pharmacy Times

From 2003 to 2023, 943 drugs were approved through the 505(b)(2) pathway. As of January 1, 2023, CMS has begun issuing unique J-codes to 505(b)(2) drugs dating back to 2003. “In However, 505(b)(2) drugs have been available since the 1980s. “CMS

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Do We Really Pay More for Prescription Drugs in the United States?

Pharmacy Times

Bush’s Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003, and with it drug coverage for tens of millions of Medicare enrollees for the first time in program history. 2 About the Author Troy Trygstad, PharmD, PhD, MBA, is the executive director of CPESN USA, a clinically integrated network of more than 3500 participating pharmacies.

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The Role of Pharmacists in Cardiovascular Health: A Collaborative Approach to Treatment, Counseling, and Nutrition

Pharmacy Times

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). The effect of community pharmacy-based interventions on patient health outcomes: a systematic review. 2022;28(11):2238-2240. doi:10.1038/s41591-022-02027-3. Fera T, Bluml BM, Ellis WM. Diabetes Ten City Challenge: final economic and clinical results. 2009;49(3):383-391. doi:10.1331/JAPhA.2009.09015

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Happy 20th Birthday, Medicare Part D!

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The legislation was signed into law December 8, 2003, following years of unfruitful efforts to add the benefit to the nation’s premier healthcare program for seniors and the disabled. It doesn’t seem possible that the Medicare prescription drug benefit turns 20 years old this year, but it’s true.