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Mapping the crisis: How data can help fix America’s growing pharmacy deserts

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Nearly one in seven Americans already live in a pharmacy desert, and that number continues to climb, particularly in rural and low-income communities. These closures, compounded by the decline of independent pharmacies, create a critical gap in care. Today, 45% of US counties meet the definition of a pharmacy desert.

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Pharmacists Can Provide Travel Health Tips for Patients

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Practice settings included supermarket chain pharmacies, independent pharmacies, travel health clinics, and community pharmacies. 1 About the Author Jennifer Gershman, PharmD, CPh, PACS, is a drug information pharmacist and Pharmacy Times contributor who resides in South Florida. Measles outbreak case definition.

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NHC Submits Comments on CMS Draft Guidance for IPAY 2028

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11 The role of patient-centered evidence in the renegotiation process also requires greater definition. 9 National Community Pharmacists Association, “NCPA to CMS: A Third of Independent Pharmacies Won’t Carry Drugs Subject to Government Price Controls,” NCPA Newsroom , January 27, 2025, [link] carry-drugs-negotiated.

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Asking the wrong questions

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In his comment, he claimed that the number of independent pharmacies has grown over the past 10 years, and the PBM market is plenty competitive because there are over 70 PBMs! ” I think that getting involved in fights over whose method to count pharmacies is better is silly and pointless. Here’s why.

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The Growth Of Weight Loss Injections & How You Can Be Part Of It

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You definitely wont feel comfortable making that purchase. Join the free Pharmacy Mentor Academy for more insights, or contact our team today to find out about the potential locked in your independent pharmacy – and how we can provide the key!

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Uncovering The First Year of Medical School with Dr. Tim Do | The Physician Pharmacist Podcast

The Physician Pharmacist

And I think at that time, I didn't really understand that pharmacy was going to train me more in the clinical aspect. And that was something that I definitely wanted to continue with. And so I guess with your pharmacy training was going to medical school, like always your plan. nathan gartland Love that. Yeah, for real.

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4. Financial Wellness and the Medical School Cost Dilemma with Dr. Tim Ulbrich

The Physician Pharmacist

And Nathan, I wish I had a really profound story in the pharmacy, you know, many, many individuals do in terms of a healthcare situation that may be impacted them or their families that motivated their interest in in health care, really, for me, it was, you know, I was 18 years old, and I loved science and math. And I said, No, I have not.