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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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Member-only Webinars Nov. 25, 26
National CooperativeRx will be hosting a 30-minute webinar on Monday, Nov. 25 at 12:00 PM CST and again on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 2:00 PM CST. The webinar will briefly review contract changes taking place 1/1/2014, potential plan changes that members may want to consider for 3/1/2014, health care reform and how it is impacting your pharmacy benefits, and other great pieces of information. The webinar agenda is as follows:
- 1/1/2014 Contract Begins - What to expect
- Potential plan changes to consider for 2014
- Health Care Reform - How it impacts your pharmacy benefits plan
- Losing grandfathered status on the medical side? What to do
- 2014 Annual Member Meeting Announcement
Both sessions will be hosted by Chris Schanz, our Strategic Account Executive here at National CooperativeRx.
To sign up for the webinar send an email to Penny at pmandt@nationalcooperativerx.com, with your name, company, and the date you'd like to attend. Penny will then send you the login information.
Please remember that only members of the Cooperative, along with their respective agents, will be allowed to attend due to the sensitive material being discussed. Handouts from the webinar will not be made available. If you are unable to attend, please arrange an in-person meeting with Chris Schanz by calling him directly at 608-204-7722.
We hope all of our members are able to attend!
Your PBM Cooperative,
National CooperativeRx
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Time. Scientists at Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital found that women who ate a Mediterranean diet were healthier than women who didn't. The healthiest women, who were able to avoid 11 chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, or Parkinson's, had consistently stuck with a Mediterranean diet throughout most of the 15 year study period. (Sifferlin, 11/4) Full Story
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HealthDay. According to a new study, vegetable protein may help people with kidney disease to live longer. Although more research is needed, it was found that for each 10-gram rise in vegetable protein intake per day, the patients had a 14% lower risk of dying by the end of 2006. Vegetable protein includes beans, nuts and whole grains - all of which beat animal protein at lowering blood toxin production. (11/7) Full Story
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Reuters. Agenus has stated its experimental genital herpes vaccine reduced the rate at which patients released the virus, reducing the likelihood of infecting others. This has increased its shares by 32%. (Dey, 11/7) Full Story
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Bloomberg. Newly approved Gazyva, from Roche, helped patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia live almost a year longer without their disease progressing. The study compared Gazyva to Rituxan, the current best-seller for the disease. (Tirrell, 11/7) Full Story
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Time. The FDA may ban partially hydrogenated fats and oils (trans fat) from baked and fried foods. On Thursday, the Administration determined that trans fats are not healthy for consumption. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say about 5K Americans die each year due to heart disease linked to artificial trans fats. (Rayman, 11/7) Full Story
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HealthDay. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has stated that the administration intends to release health care marketplace enrollment figures next week. While admitting that HealthCare.gov has hundreds of needed fixes, Sebelius doesn't believe a health care reform delay is necessary. (Pallarito, 11/6) Full Story
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