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Upcoming Events featuring
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National CooperativeRx & HCCMCA Client Meeting
March 23 and 24, 2011
Egan Center
Anchorage, AK
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Health and Welfare Plan Management for Midsize Employers Conference
April 5-8
Grand Hyatt
Atlanta Georgia
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WisconsinRx/National CooperativeRx Annual Meeting
April 27, 2011
Monona Terrace and Convention Center
Madison, WI
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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 866-679-9479, extension 223
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 Promoting Medication Adherence is the topic of the WisconsinRx/National CooperativeRx Annual Client Meeting in Madison, WI on April 27. The half-day meeting will provide stakeholders with valuable information about the cost of non-adherence presented by Dr. Jan Berger, Medical Director of the Midwest Business Group on Health. We will also help attendees understand the opportunities revealed by Caremark's exciting new research in the field plus new technological advancements that could influence enrollee behavior. View the full agenda here and RSVP by April 15.
As mentioned last week, On the Road to Value-Based Benefit Design is the topic of the National CooperativeRx/HCCMCA Annual Client Meeting in Anchorage Alaska on March 23 & 24, 2011. John Miall, one of the innovators behind the Asheville Project, Jeff Schulte of Axia Strategies and Eric Samaniego of Alere are featured presenters that will help attendees get started on the path to healthier employees and a healthy workplace culture. View the full agenda here and RSVP by March 9.
Today is the last day to take advantage of early-bird pricing for the Health and Welfare Plan Management Conference April 5-8 in Atlanta, GA. National CooperativeRx/WisconsinRx members or stakeholders attending the conference can get $200 off registration. Use the code CNCR. See the details.
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Associated Press. A drug for high-risk pregnant women that has cost about $10 to $20 per injection will shoot up to $1,500 a dose next week. That's because KV Pharmaceutical recently won government approval to exclusively sell the drug. (3/10) Full story
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New York Times. A fierce battle is being waged between retail pharmacists and mail-order companies over where people should be able to fill their long-term prescriptions. (Abelson & Singer, 3/3) Full story
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New York Times. A new study of thousands of doctors found that just 8 of 10 strongly agreed that they should put patient welfare before their own financial interests. And 4 of 10 did not think they needed to inform their patients about any financial conflicts of interest with pharmaceutical companies.(O'Connor, 3/9) Full story
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Associated Press. Walgreen Co. said Wednesday it is leaving the pharmacy benefits management business, selling that operation to Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. for $525 million in cash and freeing it to focus on its drugstore network, the largest in the United States. (3/9) Full story
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Pharmalot. AstraZeneca agreed to pay $68.5 million to 36 states and the District of Columbia to resolve a lawsuit charging the drugmaker with illegal marketing of its Seroquel antipsychotic (Silverman, 3/10) Full story
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Health Affairs. A newly released Health Policy Brief examines the impact of PPACA's "Pay or Play" requirement and whether employers will drop coverage. (Haberkorn) Brief
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U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller. Introduces the Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2011 to support physician and patient education and funding to states for monitoring programs.(3/8) Press Release
Rockefeller and other Senators are also urging the FDA to approve generic lipitor as soon as possibe when the patent expires this June.
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March Co-op Feature
Your Objectives are Our Objectives
"Service first" is not just a mantra for WisconsinRx/National CooperativeRx, it's a mandate handed down by the employers and plan sponsors that own and govern us. Our not-for-profit model means that we can look beyond the need for profitability and invest in services that make our members happy, and improves their bottom lines. Visit our website to see specific examples of how service comes first for the coalition.
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