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Pharmacies Need Strategies to Improve Health Care Access

Pharmacy Times

Implementation and evaluation of social determinants of health practice models within community pharmacy. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019;76(4):251-253. doi:10.1093/ajhp/zxy040 13. Foster AA, Daly CJ, Logan T, et al. 2022;62(4):1407-1416.doi:10.1016/j.japh.2022.02.005 doi:10.1016/j.japh.2022.02.005

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Understanding Recent Changes to 505(b)(2) Drugs and Reimbursement

Pharmacy Times

The Orange Book is the reference, and it allows the FDA to declare something [to be] therapeutically equivalent. The FDA Approval Process Within the FDA approval process, the 505(b)(1) new drug application (NDA) submission pathway is the pathway by which new drugs are able to seek approval.

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Do We Really Pay More for Prescription Drugs in the United States?

Pharmacy Times

Bush’s Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003, and with it drug coverage for tens of millions of Medicare enrollees for the first time in program history. 2 About the Author Troy Trygstad, PharmD, PhD, MBA, is the executive director of CPESN USA, a clinically integrated network of more than 3500 participating pharmacies.

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The Role of Pharmacists in Cardiovascular Health: A Collaborative Approach to Treatment, Counseling, and Nutrition

Pharmacy Times

J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). The effect of community pharmacy-based interventions on patient health outcomes: a systematic review. 2022;28(11):2238-2240. doi:10.1038/s41591-022-02027-3. Fera T, Bluml BM, Ellis WM. Diabetes Ten City Challenge: final economic and clinical results. 2009;49(3):383-391. doi:10.1331/JAPhA.2009.09015

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Does Medicare cover Ozempic?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Yet the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hasn’t approved this GLP-1 agonist injection for weight loss. Instead, it’s FDA approved to improve glycemic control in adults with Type 2 diabetes and to reduce the risk of adverse cardiovascular events in adults with Type 2 diabetes and known heart disease.

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Is Mounjaro covered by Medicaid?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Legislation passed in 2003 prohibits Medicare from covering drugs prescribed specifically for weight loss, and while Medicaid has more flexibility here, not every state will cover them. I tried to prescribe Mounjaro, which helps with heart failure and diabetes, but I couldn’t get it covered.”

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How do I get Ozempic for $25 a month?

The Checkup by Singlecare

A 2003 law prohibits government-sponsored plans like Medicare from covering weight loss medication. Consider a compounded version For drugs on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shortage list, compounding pharmacies can create and sell copies, often at lower prices than the brand-name versions.