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It's National Co-op Month!
Click here to find out why we are so proud of our business model, and how this year's theme of "Local, Trusted, Serving You" fits our way of doing business. |
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National CooperativeRx seeks a Sales Account Executive to join our team.
Read the position description. |
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Upcoming Events featuring
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Health Benefits Conference and Expo
January 31 to February 1, 2011
Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwater Beach, FL
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| National CooperativeRx is a not-for-profit coalition founded and owned by plan sponsors to achieve higher value prescription benefits through volume purchasing, clinical solutions, actionable data and unparalleled customer service. For your sales and marketing needs, please contact us at info@wisrx.com or by phone at 866-679-9479, ext. 223. |
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Thank you to everyone that participated in our Medication Safety Initiative!
During the month of October, National CooperativeRx provided tip sheets and quizzes on medication safety to celebrate National Pharmacy Month and National Co-op Month. The response has been overwhelming, with over 2,500 medication safety quizzes completed so far, and one more week before the deadline on the final quiz.
Marge W. is our randomly chosen winner for Quiz #1. Guy V. is our randomly chosen winner for Quiz #2. Congratulations Marge and Guy - you will each receive a $50 CVS gift card! The winner of Quiz #3 will be announced next week, and Quiz #4 the week after.
We hope this information has been helpful to you. Our tip sheets will continue to be available on our feature page. Members should consider them an ongoing resource for wellness information. In addition, National CooperativeRx is closing out the celebration by making our Personal Medication Record [pdf] available to all Script readers. Again, thank you for participating.
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In addition, National CooperativeRx's in-house pharmacist, Wayne Salverda, is featured in a new podcast about medication safety hosted by Employee Benefit News. Visit the EBN website to listen to the podcast. |
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Raleigh News and Observer. Pharmacists are being asked -- and paid by insurance companies -- to monitor their customers' health. That could include counseling them on chronic diseases, making sure they're taking their medications, and screening for maladies from diabetes to high cholesterol. (Stock, 10/27) Full story
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Medical News Today. Duke University and University of North Carolina researchers report that narcotics and diagnostic testing are overused in treating chronic neck pain. (10/28) Full story
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The number of hospital admissions among Americans ages 45 and older for medication and drug-related conditions doubled between 1997 and 2008, according to a new report released today by AHRQ. Medication and drug-related conditions include effects of both prescription and over-the-counter medications as well as illicit drugs. (10/25) Press release
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Philadelphia Inquirer. Vitamin D sales are soaring thanks to studies that link a deficiency to a host of conditions. (Sapatkin, 10/26) Full story
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050 if current trends continue, according to a new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (10/22) Press release
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New York Times. Pfizer plans to submit its proposed new lung cancer drug to the Food and Drug Administration in the first half of next year at the same time that it submits a new gene diagnostic test being developed with Abbott to identify patients most likely to benefit from the drug, company officials said Thursday. (Wilson, 10/28) Blog post
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Boston Globe. GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay $750 million and plead guilty to a criminal charge to settle a U.S. government investigation of manufacturing deficiencies at its former plant in Puerto Rico. (Weisman, 10/27) Full story
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Bloomberg. Walgreen Co. is looking to sell its pharmacy-benefits management business and has hired an adviser to run an auction, said three people with knowledge of the matter. (McCracken & Wolf, 10/25) Full story
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Fox News. Some 45 million people are about to lose a key tax break in health care. Starting in January, they'll have to get what amounts to a prescription from a doctor in order to get reimbursed for over-the-counter medications such as cold and flu remedies or allergy medicines. (Angle, 10/27) Full story
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Miami Herald. Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has asked HHS to respond to his concerns about what he sees as a trend of high rates of mental health prescriptions written by certain providers. (Cabra & Dorschner, 10/21) Full story
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Inside Health Reform. The FDA is considering new guidance that would prevent PhRMA ads from making superiority claims unless they were supported by head-to-head trials that directly compare the two products at different doses. (Moscovitch, 10/27) Full story
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