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Fox in the henhouse

May 15, 2012

How much sense does it make to put employees of major drug chains on state Boards of Pharmacy? Depends on whose chickens that fox is guarding.

Accreditation standards buttress compounding pharmacy

May 15, 2012

Accreditation standards guarantee reputation and high safety standards for compounding pharmacies.

Letters: May 2012

May 15, 2012

Readers speak out about what got retail pharmacy where it is today; why the term "doctor" is like the curl in a pig's tail; and where the MD should put that vial of ropivacaine.

Provider status not the only path to payment for clinical services

May 15, 2012

As pharmacists and others wait to learn ACA's fate in the U.S. Supreme Court, the issue of provider status under the Social Security Act continues to worry those seeking to expand into MTM and other clinical services.

Pharmacy's own "1984"

May 15, 2012

Pharmacists save the medical system millions of dollars every single day by keeping people away from the ER. They don't say thank you. And they don't even know that we're front-line money-savers.

Community pharmacies sue CMS to stop "preferred networks"

May 15, 2012

Four pharmacies have sued HHS and CMS to halt what they call a violation of federal Medicare Part D statute.

Letters: Readers comment on Medical Economics articles

May 10, 2012

Letters address suggestions for new certifying boards, the role of the patient in improving healthcare costs, the primary care shortage, and a recent healthcare study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

EHR Best Practices Study Update: Confidence high

May 10, 2012

Most of the practices participating in the study indicated in the first survey that they are embarking on EHR implementation with only the most basic understanding of technology.

How the past can continue to affect us

May 10, 2012

One doctor recounts a special patient suffering from Alzheimer's who helped him realize how past events, especially John F. Kennedy's assassination, can continue to resonate decades later.

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