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CHICAGO, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Meridian Health Plan is pleased to welcome MeridianRx as its new Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM). Effective April 1, MeridianRx will handle the processing and payment of prescription drug claims for the Medicaid managed care plan. Currently, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) provides pharmacy services for Medicaid beneficiaries. HFS decided to move pharmacy benefits to managed care plans in an effort to improve...

National Center for Policy Analysis Warns Policymakers of Costly, Unintended Consequences WASHINGTON, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Federal and state policymakers should avoid enacting laws that undermine payers' ability to use mail-service pharmacies, preferred pharmacy networks, and other innovative pharmacy benefit management (PBM) tools, the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) asserts in a new report, "Unnecessary Regulations that Increase Prescription Drug...

NEEDHAM, Mass., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EH&E (www.eheinc.com), a leading provider of environmental and engineering consulting services to the healthcare, research and biopharma industries, has announced the expansion of its drug compounding consulting services to help compounding pharmacies meet increased inspections and regulatory requirements. Registered Pharmacist Diane Dahill has joined EH&E as a member of its compounding pharmacy practice. "In response to the...

SPRINGFIELD, Va., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) and CECity.com, Inc. (CECity) today announced the launch of Pharmacy Quality Solutions, Inc. (PQS), a joint venture created to deliver EQuIPP(TM) (Electronic Quality Improvement Platform for Plans and Pharmacies), the first national pharmacy quality measurement, benchmarking, and reporting platform for pharmacies and health plans. EQuIPP(TM) measures the quality of patient medication use, including...

NEW YORK, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research (http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com) "Pharmacy Automation Systems Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," the pharmacy automation systems market was valued at USD 4.7 billion in 2011 globally and is expected to grow to USD 7.8 billion by 2018, at a CAGR of 7.3% from 2012 to 2018. Automated technologies in...

The innovative, device agnostic service helps HMEs better serve patients on sleep therapy. Denver, CO (PRWEB) March 19, 2013 CareTouch Communications, Inc. announced the release of Adhere™, a sleep therapy compliance monitoring service for Home Medical Equipment (HME) providers. Adhere™ is part of the company’s current CareTouch360™ platform which communicates with patients and gives HME providers comprehensive patient status during the first three months they are on sleep...

Findings suggest medication adherence to commonly prescribed medications can result in cost savings of up to $868 per patient per year WOONSOCKET, R.I., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Heart disease costs the United States $108.9 billion each year according to the Centers for Disease Control, but there are ways those costs can be controlled. Research published in the April issue of the American Journal of Medicine found that patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who are...

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Even when supported by patient-centered prescription information and services, a substantial proportion of patients who say that they fill their prescription medicines do not, according to a study published online last Friday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("The Validity of Self-Reported Primary Adherence Among Medicaid Patients Discharged from the Emergency Department with a Prescription Medication"). (Logo:...

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Minority Quality Forum (The Forum) announces today its support for government noninterference in drug price negotiations for Medicare Part D. A provision of the Social Security Act prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from interfering in the negotiations between drug manufacturers, pharmacies, and sponsors of prescription drug plans (PDPs) involved in Part D of Medicare, or from requiring a particular...

TAMPA, Fla., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comprehensive Care Corporation ("CompCare") (OTC BB: CHCR), a leading behavioral health, substance abuse and pharmacy management services provider for managed care companies throughout the U.S., today announced the signing of a Pharmacy Savings Management Agreement with Local No. 29 ("Local 29") of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA). Based on a detailed analysis of Local 29's previous year's pharmacy spend,...