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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Drug Channels News Roundup, June 2020: CVS’s New GPO, CMS on Copay Accumulators, GoodRx Fees, Supermarket Pharmacies, and Merck’s Ken Frazier

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Happy 244th birthday, America! Before you declare your (socially-distanced) independence, get up close and personal with these Drug Channe...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

PBMs and Drug Spending in 2019: CVS Health and Express Scripts Outperform Prime Therapeutics

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It’s time for our annual Drug Channels examination of PBM drug spending reports. For 2019, we again aim our magnifying glass at the annual ...
Friday, June 12, 2020

The Ripple Effect of Medication Access Barriers—Disruption to Stakeholder Workflows, Damage to Brand Perception, and Detriment to Innovation

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Today’s guest post comes from Julia Phillips, VP, Pharma Accounts & Enablement at CoverMyMeds. Julia discusses how medication access c...
Tuesday, June 09, 2020

New HRSA Data: 340B Program Reached $29.9 Billion in 2019; Now Over 8% of Drug Sales

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The 340B Drug Pricing Program has logged another year of incredible growth. According to data provided to Drug Channels by the Health Res...
Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Pharmacist Job Market in 2019: Salaries Grew, Retail-to-Hospital Employment Shift Accelerated

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released its employment data for 2019. That means it’s time to update our annual Drug Chann...
Monday, June 01, 2020

Visit Asembia’s Specialty Pharmacy Summit Virtual Experience

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Like many of you, I was disappointed that Asembia had to cancel its 2020 Specialty Pharmacy Summit. As a small consolation, Asembia is p...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Drug Channels News Roundup, May 2020: COVID-19 and Formularies, Retail-to-Mail Trends, ABC on Biosimilars, and Social Distancing the CVS Way

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FWIW: Summer is finally here. Before you venture outside for your lockdown barbeque, check out these noteworthy items off the Drug Channel...
Friday, May 22, 2020

Electronic Prescription Management and Enrollment for Specialty Medications—Expanding Provider Adoption of Tech-Enabled Hub Services

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Today’s guest post comes from Kyle Grimslid, Market Development Director at CoverMyMeds. Kyle describes the complications that providers a...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

Why Do CVS And Express Scripts Rely on Secretive Private Companies to Run Their Copay Maximizer Programs?

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In Copay Maximizers Are Displacing Accumulators—But CMS Ignores How Payers Leverage Patient Support , I explained a new Centers for Medica...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Copay Maximizers Are Displacing Accumulators—But CMS Ignores How Payers Leverage Patient Support

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COVID-19 has not stopped the wheels of policy bureaucracy from grinding. Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rel...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

The State of Specialty Pharmacy in 2020 (video)

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I received good feedback on Tuesday's video about retail pharmacy . So below, you'll find another brief video excerpt from my Ma...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

The State of Retail Pharmacy 2020 (video)

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Thanks to everyone who joined me for DCI's Industry Update and COVID-19 Impact video webinars. I enjoyed putting these events togethe...