Drug Store News: NACDS lauds studies showing pharmacists are critical in team-based healthcare delivery
May 17, 2012 · News
A report from the Community Preventive Services Task Force found that community pharmacists play an important role in team-based healthcare delivery. The Task Force, which consists of unpaid health and prevention experts, reviewed 77 studies and found that nurses and pharmacists who coordinated care with primary care providers and patients achieved better outcomes for the … [Continue Reading]
KCOY: Medi-Cal Recipients Fearful of More Painful Cuts
May 16, 2012 · Legislative Alert, Medicaid, News
California is in the midst of another budget crisis and Governor Brown is looking to take $1.8 billion from the state’s Medicaid budget to help make up the shortfall. As part of the Medicaid cuts, the governor’s plan includes cutting funding for hospitals and nursing homes. What this means for many members of California’s most … [Continue Reading]
Kaiser Health News: Calif. Gov. Brown’s Revised Budget Includes Substantial Medi-Cal Cuts
May 16, 2012 · Legislative Alert, Medicaid, News
The state of California has previously been prevented by the courts and Federal regulators from making Medi-Cal cuts. However, the state’s ballooning budget deficit means that legislators are once again looking to make extreme cuts to its healthcare programs. Kaiser Health News compiled a roundup of what to expect as legislators battle over California’s budget … [Continue Reading]
WJBC: What do Medicaid cuts mean to seniors, disabled?
For seniors, the poor and people with disabilities in Illinois, Medicaid cuts may mean the difference between getting their medications and buying food food or paying their rent. As Illinois legislators are trying to decide what services are expendable to achieve the Governor’s target of $2.7 billion worth of cuts, many organizations are concerned about … [Continue Reading]
Fox 6: Pharmacy Vaccines Can Help Prevent Getting Shingles
May 15, 2012 · News
If there was a way to help prevent your catching a disease that causes blisters and severe pain to the point where you need strong pain killers, would you do it? This isn’t just a hypothetical question. Those are the effects of a disease called shingles which affects people over 50 with a weakened immune … [Continue Reading]
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