Drug store chain Rite Aid has announced that it would go ahead with a massive corporate restructuring plan that will include closures of over 150 stores after filing for bankruptcy.
As part of the bankruptcy filing, the chain disclosed the underperforming stores that it expected to close. The Hill reports that patient prescriptions...Arizona News
Arizona is working to step up its COVID-19 testing game. But as the state makes more tests available, professionals are needed to administer them -- and pharmacists are answering the call.
Traditionally, pharmacists cannot be reimbursed by Medicare for services, but CMS relaxed those regulations in response to the pandemic. On...Arizona News
Doctors in the state are supposed to check a patient's prescription history in a database before administering a prescription for a controlled substance. The law took effect in Arizona last April following a statewide public health emergence due to opioid deaths.
Less than 40 percent of doctors actually check the databases,...Arizona News
The Peoria pharmacists denied Nicole Arteaga her prescription for medication that would help manager her miscarriage and health, according to azcentral.
Recently learning that her pregnancy would result in a miscarriage, Arteaga made a decision to take medication to treat it rather than undergo an invasive surgical...National News
In the three years since the California law permitting pharmacists to dispense the medication to patients without a doctor’s prescription has been in effect, pharmacists have been slow to dispense naloxone, which reverses the effects of an overdose.
Kaiser Health News reports in 48 states and Washington, D.C., pharmacists have...