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Jeff Park was OptumRx’s COO from July 2015 to July 2016 following the company’s merger with Catamaran, where Park had been EVP operations since March 2014.

BOSTON, Mass. —  Rite Aid's Health Dialog, a leading provider of population health management solutions, last week announced that Kern Health Systems is offering the Health Dialog Nurse Line to members.

The opioid abuse epidemic has justly garnered much of the nation’s attention. Reports show that on an average day, 91 deaths occur daily due to opioid-related overdoses in the U.S. As a society, we shoulder $55 billion annually in health and social costs related to prescription opioid abuse.

WASHNGTON — FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb penned a blog Tuesday asking for ‘more forceful’ steps to stem the opioid crisis. The blog is listed in its entirety below.

"As commissioner, my highest initial priority is to take immediate steps to reduce the scope of the epidemic of opioid addiction. I believe the Food and Drug Administration continues to have an important role to play in addressing this crisis, particularly when it comes to reducing the number of new cases of addiction.

From clinical services and business and front-end management to legislative updates, Cardinal Health’s RBC 2017 slate of continuing education courses is looking to cover some of the biggest topics in independent pharmacy. Cardinal Health has partnered with Ohio Northern University to bring full-day courses to San Antonio on such services as medication therapy management and immunization, updates on provider status legislation, new drug launches and various topics in between.

STOCKHOLM — A new report from the QuintilesIMS Institute outlines a number of challenges that health systems need to overcome in order to maximise the benefits that precision medicines offer to patients.

NEW YORK — High-deductible insurance plans, changes to “your formulary,” and a few “extremely high-priced drugs” are the main culprits behind increasing drug prices, according to Consumer Reports data released Tuesday.

DUBLIN, Ohio — Cardinal Health named Jennifer Dawson the 2017 recipient of its urEssential Award, which recognizes the essential contributions medical laboratory professionals make to patient care.