Tennessee lawmakers recently passed a bill banning PBMs from owning pharmacies in the state, though like a similar Arkansas law, it is expected to face legal challenges if enacted.

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Today’s technology has the potential to empower independent pharmacies to offer adherence support at a greater scale — and healthcare engagements that overlook this touchpoint miss out. 

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Here are three key considerations for investing in technological and digital transformation to enhance hospital operations.

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A bill introduced by Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter would ban PBMs’ use of spread pricing in Medicaid, among other reforms.

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As we all work to wrap up the year and enter into 2025, here are a few trends to keep your eye on in the coming months and beyond. 

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While advanced analytics and AI can unlock unprecedented insights, it’s the thoughtful application of these insights that transforms routine interactions between pharmaceutical representatives and healthcare providers into lasting relationships.

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To realize true, sustainable savings in total cost of care, the healthcare system needs to reconsider the support — or lack of support — it provides throughout patients’ medication experiences and the snowball effect that creates on a lifetime of healthcare costs.

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Attorney General Letitia James accused CVS of a scheme starting in 2017 to prevent New York safety net hospitals from using the company of their choice to obtain federal drug subsidies on prescriptions filled at CVS through the 340B program

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Becton Dickinson is getting into pharmacies with a more than $1.5 billion acquisition of Parata Systems, maker of robotics technologies that automate pharmacy tasks. The deal comes two months after BD completed the spinoff of its diabetes business as a separate, publicly traded company.

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Specialty drugs represent a growing share of overall pharmaceutical sales, and Omnicell is acquiring specialty pharmacy technologies company ReCept Pharmacy to enter this market. Omnicell is paying $100 million cash to buy ReCept.

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Walgreens, CVS, Walmart and dozens of other pharmacies will start administering a limited number of vaccines as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. It will offer vaccines in medically underserved areas to healthcare workers, people ages 65 and older, and essential workers, according to local guidelines.

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In a move that could position Walgreens to own one of the largest drug distributors to retail pharmacies and physicians, the retail drugstore giant is in talks with Amerisource Bergen, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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The company’s business model relies on working with independent pharmacies and focuses on patients taking multiple prescription drugs daily.

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There’s Amazon Fresh, Amazon Video, Amazon Web Services, and much, much more. Is it just a matter of time then, before the e-commerce giant begins selling prescription drugs? A new 30-page report by Goldman Sachs suggests the potential is definitely there.

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Several health IT companies have sought to address the challenge of drug delivery, distribution and medication adherence, but the dent they’ve made compared to what the likes of Amazon could do certainly give one pause.

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The co-founders of Capsule Pharmacy want to eliminate the inventory problems and delays in filling prescription medication.

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