Drug Topics

AUGUST 8, 2025

Nau, PhD, RPh, FAPhA Publication Article Drug Topics Journal Drug Topics July/August 2025 Volume 169 Issue 04 Colleges of pharmacy are retooling curricula and faculty skill sets to ensure students are prepared to use the technology of the next decade. Some systems claim an error rate of less than 1 in 1 million prescriptions filled.

Specialty Pharmacies

Drug Topics

JULY 1, 2025

Although CVS and other chains have purchased patient files from some Rite Aid stores, many patients have been left scrambling for somewhere to get their prescriptions filled. Once the 351 Rite Aid pharmacies in Pennsylvania finally close in 2025, that will be over 600 pharmacies in Pennsylvania that closed in the last 2 years.

Health and Personal Care Stores

Drug Topics

JUNE 5, 2025

Payers and healthcare organizations are now willing to pay pharmacies for clinical services that go beyond traditional prescription filling. These services include immunizations, chronic disease management, and patient counseling. Pharmacies are no longer just places to pick up medications.

Community Pharmacies

Drug Topics

JUNE 25, 2025

However, the prescription fill rates were low for patients with Medicare Advantage or those who were commercially insured, with only 9.7% on long-acting insulin only receiving a glucagon fill. June 20 to 23, 2025. of patients on a short-acting insulin and 2.3% American Diabetes Association 85th Scientific Sessions.

Insurance Coverage

Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 5, 2025

Direct primary care could grow through health savings account reimbursements, though prescription services remain separate. SHOW MORE Another bill, another day for the erosion of pharmacy benefits as a means of affording a prescription. Trump Signs His Signature Legislation (Thus Far) On July 4, 2025, President Donald J.

Community Pharmacies