Some patients are learning the hard way not to expect mail order companies to look out for their health. The Consumerist blog shared the story of one woman who signed up for automated refills through ExpressScripts mail order service. Her doctor faxed over a new prescription to... [continue reading]
On July 1 of this year, pharmacists in Indiana will be able to administer certain vaccines to people over the age of 11 without a prescription. Pharmacist Gregg Russell wrote a Letter to the Editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette expressing these thoughts on the new... [continue reading]
For Immediate Release May 6, 2013 Contact: Elizabeth Heaton at info@rxchoiceandaccess.com At an event co-hosted by the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), TPA released paper highlighting waste, fraud and abuse of the PBM-run mail-order system. Washington, D.C. – Pharmacy Choice and Access Now (PCAN), a coalition of... [continue reading]
The battle over biosimilars is heating up in Illinois. Legislation seeking to limit access to biosimilars has been introduced in the state legislature. So what’s the big deal? An op-ed on ChicagoBusiness.com explains it well: “When the FDA designates a biosimilar as “interchangeable,” it is certifying that... [continue reading]
We reported earlier that one insurance company in California (Anthem Blue Cross) was going to require patients with prescriptions for specialty drugs to get them filled via mail-order (see: Mandatory mail order for specialty drugs… Is this a sign of things to come for the rest of... [continue reading]