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Upcoming Events featuring
National CooperativeRx
National CooperativeRx Annual Member Meeting April 24, 2013
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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Reminder: New Contract Unveiling
National CooperativeRx recently completed an evaluation of potential PBM vendors, tentatively awarding the contract to our current vendor - CVS Caremark. The cooperative put in a lot of work to obtain the best deal for our members, and we're beyond pleased with the new pricing and service guarantees. We predict that all of our members will see substantial benefits almost immediately. Our process was extremely strategic, thorough, systematic and effective. The new contract is expected to be finalized shortly.
Highlights of the new contract include drastic savings over the next 3 years, and early pricing benefits for existing members. To get full details of the process, review the list of competing PBM vendors that submitted proposals, and information on the improved pricing, members may sign up for one of our upcoming webinars.
To sign up, email Penny Mandt at pmandt@nationalcooperativerx.com with the date you'd like to attend. This webinar series is only open to members of the cooperative and their broker/consultants and TPA representatives.
- Tuesday, April 16th, 9:00 - 9:30 AM CST
- Wednesday, April 17th, 12:00 - 12:30 PM CST
- Thursday, April 18th, 2:00 - 2:30 PM CST
Notice to prospective agents: Anxious to see the new deal, and how much your clients could benefit from it? Contact Chris Ralston at cralston@nationalcooperativerx.com or Marty Brogaard at mbrogaard@nationalcooperativerx.com for a personal visit. They'll be happy to walk you through the deal, and what it means to you and your clients.
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Reuters. Breast cancer patients who drank moderately prior to diagnosis were found to have a slightly better chance of survival. Women who drank 3-6 alcoholic drinks per week had a 15% better chance of survival over an 11 year period in comparison to women who abstained. (Pittman, 4/11) Full Story
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HealthDay. The American Cancer Society has released some good news. Fewer people are smoking, and the rise in obesity is leveling off. They're also trying to educate people about the dangers of indoor tanning salons, and the benefit of the HPV vaccine. (Gordon, 4/11) Full Story
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Time. A new report suggests that doctors aren't being informed of all the risks of drugs when pharmaceutical reps stop by their office. The research was done in the US, Canada, and France, and each of those countries require reps to cover side effects. In 59% of their meetings with doctors, reps failed to report side effects. (Sifferlin, 4/10) Full Story
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Bloomberg. Washington and Oregon are the only two states in the US that allow for physician-assisted suicide. The baby boomer generation is trying to get other states to legalize it as well, and some states in the northeast are considering it. Last year, 77 patients in Oregon took the life-ending drugs. (Pettypiece, 4/10) Full Story
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Yahoo! News. Rep. Dean Kaufert, from Wisconsin, has proposed that the state Department of Health Services limit the amount of junk food people can buy with food stamps. Proponents of the bill expressed concern that some participants don't have access to healthy food and that there is no hard and fast rule about which foods are healthy and which aren't. (Wang, 4/10) Full Story
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Kaiser Health News. Colorado is using its low obesity rate as a way to lure companies to relocate to the state. With a healthier population, employees are likely to take fewer sick days and cost less in health care. (Whitney, 4/10) Full Story
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