Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 6, 2025

NCPA, APhA, and TPA support Tennessee, highlighting PBMs' fiduciary duties to shareholders, leading to practices harmful to plans, patients, and pharmacies. PBMs are accused of steering patients to affiliated pharmacies and unfair reimbursement, impacting small, independent pharmacies.

Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Times

JULY 14, 2025

McKesson ideaShare 2025 brought thousands of independent pharmacists, pharmacy owners, technicians, and industry leaders together in Nashville, Tennessee, shining a spotlight on innovation and advocacy in community pharmacy.

Independent Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 6, 2025

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Pharmacy Technician

Putting Patients First Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

For example, long-acting formulations, less painful injection methods, and fixed-dose combination therapies have each played a critical role in improving adherence and outcomes in conditions such as diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and HIV. McLoughlin et al., 10 Julie A. Patterson, Hanke Zheng, and Jon D.

Drug Pricing

Pharmacy Times

JULY 15, 2025

This marks a significant milestone in improving access to insulin therapies for patients with diabetes. Insulin and syringe | Image Credit: © Sherry Young - stock.adobe.com As diabetes continues to affect more than 37 million Americans, expanding access to affordable insulin remains a public health priority.

Biosimilars

Pharmacy Times

JULY 9, 2025

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Labelling

Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 5, 2025

2022.01452 Newsletter Stay informed on drug updates, treatment guidelines, and pharmacy practice trends—subscribe to Pharmacy Times for weekly clinical insights. Clin Exp Pediatr. 2024;67(2):80-89. doi:10.3345/cep.2022.01452 Subscribe Now!

Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Times

JULY 24, 2025

Sherie Loy-Helm, PharmD, co-owner of Russell Springs Pharmacy in Russell Springs, Kentucky, got her start in her hometown grocery store pharmacy chain after graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Despite her family warning her to stay in her stable job, she took the leap to the independent pharmacy.

Independent Pharmacies

Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 5, 2025

Gearing Up for Vaccine Season Newsletter Stay informed on drug updates, treatment guidelines, and pharmacy practice trends—subscribe to Pharmacy Times for weekly clinical insights. Subscribe Now!

Pharmacy Technician

Flip the Pharmacy

JULY 30, 2024

Atlantis Pharmacy showed me the opportunity of offering adherence packaging, electronic care (eCare) planning, international normalized ration (INR) testing and monitoring, and medication synchronization (MedSync) to patients. It even seems there is so much to learn that four weeks may not be enough!

Health and Personal Care Stores

Flip the Pharmacy

JULY 22, 2024

They are accredited to provide Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSME) classes to help educate patients with diabetes on how to control their disease. It helped me understand what a CPESN pharmacy is and allowed me to learn valuable skills from very knowledgeable individuals.

Community Pharmacies

Putting Patients First Blog

JULY 2, 2024

Similarly, long-acting insulin analogs provide more stable blood sugar control and reduce the number of daily injections needed for diabetes patients. Key Medicare tools to safeguard against pharmacy fraud and inappropriate billing do not apply to Part D. Retrieved from [link] iii National Health Council. Blendon, R., and Schnieder, E.

Drug Pricing

Ramblings of a pharmacist

APRIL 23, 2023

“Express Scripts® Launches New Initiative to Expand Rural Health Care Access Through Partnerships With Independent Pharmacies” I think that Express Scripts is doing everything they possibly can from a PR perspective to prevent wholesale breakup of their company and their business model.

Insurance Coverage and Processing

Digital Pharmacist

JULY 11, 2023

With reimbursements dwindling and the so-called “ DIR Apocalypse ” or “DIR Armageddon” on the horizon, no explanation is needed as to why independent pharmacies are seeking innovative ways to expand their revenue streams beyond traditional prescription dispensing.

Independent Pharmacies

Ramblings of a pharmacist

MARCH 10, 2021

. All of this is pretty old hat to any retailer, though the price differential between the highest and lowest cost item may not be – most department stores don’t have $28,000 tvs next to their $0.50 candy bars.

Independent Pharmacies

Ramblings of a pharmacist

JANUARY 4, 2025

Surprisingly to me, my pharmacy serves a lower % of Low Income Subsidy (LIS) patients (15.8%) than the average for Utah (16.7% The typical independent pharmacy has more LIS beneficiaries than the average LIS uptake as I understand it. of Part D beneficiaries).

Independent Pharmacies