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prescription News Archive18-Oct-2007
'Medco to have prescription review system (AP via Yahoo! News) When a patient gets a new prescription filled, there's a fair chance a pharmacist will be looking over the doctor's shoulder, more or less. Increasingly, pharmacists are aggressively reviewing prescriptions ? mainly those for expensive, chronic conditions ? and counseling patients and intervening with their doctors to head off costly, potentially deadly problems.
'Board Allows Birth Control for Middle Schoolers (New York Times)The Portland, Me., school board voted to allow middle-school students to gain access to prescription birth control medications without notifying parents.
'Critical New Resource Cuts Through Complexities in Prescription Drug Payment Systems -- AMCP Releases Analysis of ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) WASHINGTON----The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy has released a one-of-a-kind resource that sheds light on the complex methodologies of prescription drug payment systems. The Guide to Pharmaceutical Payment Methods provides an unbiased description and analysis of the multiple of methods used by many public and private sector programs to purchase pharmaceutical products and pay the providers ...
'Prescription help is available (Washington Times-Herald)Prescription drug help is here. The Help is Here Express stopped at the Times-Herald Tuesday afternoon as part of a campaign by Partnership for Prescription Assistance, a collaboration of America?s pharmaceutical research companies to raise awareness about prescription drug assistance.
'Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans: Costs and What's Covered (WebMD)Medicare Part D: Your prescription drug plans, costs, and benefits.
'Raids Highlight Prescription Drug Debate (ABC News)Raids on Home and Offices of Anna Nicole Smith's Doctors Highlight Prescription Drug Debate
'Raids highlight prescription drug debate (The Charlotte Observer)California authorities who raided the homes and offices of two of Anna Nicole Smith's doctors last week made the highest-profile use yet of a controversial state database that can detect suspicious patterns of prescriptions. But the raids also reignited debate about the technology. Law enforcement officials say it's a useful tool for fighting prescription drug abuse. Many doctors and privacy ...
'Partnership to provide low-cost prescription drugs (Rocky Mount Telegram)Dramatic increases in health care costs have left countless elderly, poor and uninsured Americans with few options for prescription medication.
'Calvert defends NDP prescription plan, saying voters "warmly" welcome idea (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)SASKATOON - Saskatchewan NDP Leader Lorne Calvert is on the campaign trail in Saskatoon, highlighting his party's prescription drug plan.
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