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  • Guest blog: More members of Congress pressure Medicare on DIR fees

    In June, due to NCPA advocacy efforts and widespread grassroots activity from independent pharmacists, 30 members of the House of Representatives wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) urging the agency to finalize its guidance on DIR fees. NCPA members and staff continued advocacy efforts, and as a result, three more members of Congress have contacted CMS to voice support for their DIR proposal.

  • Rules of the road: On Boots and Brexit

    The U.K. OTC market is, as the Brits would say, brilliant. For North American brand owners, it’s always on the list of attractive potential markets. Complex and unique, there are two “B”s that stand out — Boots and Brexit.

    It’s not tickety-boo with the “B”s throwing a spanner in the works presenting challenges. Boots moves fast, while Brexit will unfold at a slower pace.
    Translated, the United Kingdom is an attractive market.

  • Unthink what you thought you already knew

    Let’s just say I wasn’t exactly expecting to have my mind completely blown. Cardinal Health RBC 2016 had been a terrific show, but if we’re being completely honest here, the keynote speaker for the closing business session — some long-haired street artist I had never heard of, wearing black Converse and speed-painting to loud music at 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning — had me scratching my head a little.

    Did I really need to see that?

    It turns out, I really did.

  • Worry-Free Medicare Audits

    Increased Medicare audits are raising the stakes for compliance in today’s pharmacies, with stricter enforcement than ever before. In fact, the likelihood of receiving a Part B audit request continues to climb amid national efforts to control fraud, waste and abuse.

  • Taming the Medicare Audit Beast: Three Ways to Improve Your Pharmacy’s Outlook
    There are few things that rock a pharmacy manager’s world like a Medicare Part B Audit, and the likelihood that an audit request will be received is increasingly high.
     

  • What is your why?

    The best part of my job is that I get a lot of chances to learn cool, new stuff.

  • Is it inspiration or perspiration? Innovation as a repeatable process

    Companies large and small all want “innovation,” although most organizations don’t have a concise definition of the term or how to achieve it. The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. The reality is that innovation is a repeatable process. And while “process” sounds like the boring antithesis of innovation, companies that focus on innovation process are more likely to achieve innovation than companies waiting for innovation to randomly strike.

  • Transitions Can Boost Transactions
    For most, transitioning from hospital to home recovery is anything but smooth. Today’s fast-paced healthcare environment faces mounting physician shortages, increasing health premiums, and a health system that ushers patients quickly from the care in a hospital setting to either self-care or family caregiver support at home.
     
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