Value-Based Payment Models: Can Pharmacies Find Opportunity in CMS’s MIPS and APMs?
The healthcare landscape in the United States is rapidly evolving. In 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Final Rule of Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Reauthorization Act (MACRA). This...
Rebate Sharing: A Way to Lower Drug Costs or Sleight of Hand?
What if seniors who enrolled in Medicare’s Part D prescription benefit were allowed to participate in the same prescription drug rebates that PBMs negotiate on behalf of insurers? In an effort to make good on his campaign promise to lower prescription drug prices,...
Independent Pharmacy: Trends to Know for 2018
With 2017 in the books, it’s time to turn our attention, once again, to what independent pharmacies might expect in the coming year. Industry trends change — often. And, independent pharmacies must stay up-to-date on these evolutions to remain successful. Because...
Making a Case: Is your Independent Pharmacy Ready to Branch into Specialty Pharmacy
Specialty pharmacy services are the fastest growing segment of the pharmaceutical market in the U.S. With industry projections tracked at a 20percent growth rate per year, and specialty drugs accounting for 28 percent of the pharmacy industry’s prescription dispensing...