BioScrip Completes Sale of Community Pharmacies and Centralized Specialty and Mail Service Pharmacy to Walgreens - Yahoo Finance

BioScrip, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOS - News) (the “Company”) today announced that it has closed the sale of certain assets of its community specialty pharmacies and centralized specialty and mail service pharmacy businesses (the “Transferred ...

Medicare billing flagged at 4 percent of U.S. pharmacies: government - YAHOO!

(Reuters) - A U.S. government examination found questionble billing practices for Medicare prescription drug coverage at 4 percent of American pharmacies, particularly independent retail drugstores. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) examined billing ...

Smoking Kills, So Let's Ban Tobacco From U.S. Pharmacies and Supermarkets - policymic.com

To alleviate the burden that tobacco places on the U.S. health care system, the federal government should ban the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies and similar health care contexts. The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the ...

True-Dose and FLAVORx Offer Pet-Friendly Products Through Pharmacies - YAHOO!

Pet health needs provide a growing market for pharmacies with owners willing to spend more and more on their pets. St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) May 14, 2012 A recent article in the NCPA’s America’s Pharmacist magazine observed that animal health care is a ...

Cardinal DEA Settlement Calls for Two-Year Shipping Halt (Update 1) - Bloomberg

Federal officials had challenged Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal’s procedures, contending the Lakeland, Florida, distribution center posed a public safety threat by shipping large quantities of the prescription painkiller oxycodone to pharmacies.

5 Greenville Co. pharmacies robbed in 3 weeks - FOX Carolina

Greenville County deputies have been busy investigating five armed robberies of local pharmacies in less than a month. Deputies said they believe at least three suspects are responsible for the past five armed robberies. They have not said if they believe ...

Pharmacies offer shingles vaccine, but few get the shot - Eagle-Tribune

Anyone who had chicken pox as a child is at risk of developing shingles, a painful skin rash that can lead to permanent nerve damage and life-long pain. But there's hope: A shingles vaccine became available for the first time at New Hampshire pharmacies in ...

Lawrence County Pharmacies Hit with Expensive Burglary Attempts - WHNT-TV

Officers with at least two police departments in Lawrence County are after a man they believe has been trying to break into pharmacies. His attempts have proven costly to his victims and investigators worry he’ll try again soon. Moulton Police ...

DEA Suspends Wholesaler License - MedPage Today

The agency charges that Cardinal supplied four area pharmacies with more than 12 million doses of oxycodone over a three-year period. The Cardinal action is the first in what seems to be a DEA campaign targeting higher points in the prescription ...

Generic Plavix to Arrive at All Walmart and Sam's Club Pharmacies on May 19 - Phramalive.com

Retailer Reaffirms Commitment to Provide Affordable Healthcare Solutions; Offers Thousands of Generic Medications BENTONVILLE, Ark., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced today that it will be among the first retailers to offer ...