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12 May 2020, 11:26 am by Searcy Law
Compounding pharmacies operate like retail drug stores in that they take prescriptions, fill them and dispense directly to the patient just like CVS does. [read post]
5 May 2020, 2:57 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
DOJ Omnicare/CVS Suit Highlights Potential Pharmacy Benefit Claims Abuse Exposure For Health Plans, Member Safety Risk OSHA Seeks Small Business Volunteers For Tree Care Safety Panel NLRB Restores Pre-Obama Era Union Dues Checkoff Rule $1.6M HIPAA Penalty Largely Caused By Inadequate Security Assessments & Oversight   10 Former NFL Payers Charged With Defrauding NFL Retiree Health Fund   NLRB Order Directs Settlement Of McDonald’s Unfair… [read post]
28 Apr 2020, 12:32 pm by Brill Legal Group
Omnicare allegedly allowed its pharmacies to fill expired prescriptions for elderly and disabled patients in violation of the False Claims Act. [read post]
16 Apr 2020, 5:23 am by Andrew Hursh
” Cuyahoga and Summit Counties had originally sued the pharmacies, including big national chains like Walgreens, CVS, and RiteAid, only for their role as distributors shipping opioids, not for their role as dispensers filling prescriptions. [read post]
1 Apr 2020, 12:45 pm by Whittel & Melton, LLC
In September, CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens and Walmart all announced they would no longer sell Zantac and other over-the-counter ranitidine medications due to concerns they might contain NDMA. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 12:00 pm by Holly Buckley
Experts noted the new CVS model – bringing its pharmacists up front, out from the back of the store – encourages direct interactions with customers, providing patient care in the same place prescriptions are filled and creating a healthcare hub. [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 12:00 pm by Geoff Cockrell
As some of the most notable examples of provider-payor consolidation demonstrate, such as the CVS-Aetna and Optum-DaVita deals, the universe of provider-payor consolidations is not limited to traditional healthcare delivery models and ranges from payor consolidation with not only physician practices, but also home health services, ambulatory facilities (e.g., retail clinics, ambulatory surgery centers) and pharmacies. 2. [read post]
20 Mar 2020, 5:41 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and union-sponsored health plans, their sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators should heed the reminder of the importance of ensuring their health plans properly comply in form and operation with the mental health and substance abuse parity mandes of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)  in when the  U.S. [read post]
16 Mar 2020, 12:43 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and containment efforts has many businesses flailing to reconfigure their staffing and other business models even as Congress is preparing to impose paid COVID related leave mandate on employers with less than 500 employees. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 2:02 pm
(Pix Credit HERE)Donald Trump gave a public statement today with the CDC, NIH, Mike Pence, and several CEO’s of companies like Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart. [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 5:34 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
DOJ Omnicare/CVS Suit Highlights Potential Pharmacy Benefit Claims Abuse Exposure For Health Plans, Member Safety RiskOSHA Seeks Small Business Volunteers For Tree Care Safety PanelNLRB Restores Pre-Obama Era Union Dues Checkoff Rule$1.6M HIPAA Penalty Largely Caused By Inadequate Security Assessments & Oversight  10 Former NFL Payers Charged With Defrauding NFL Retiree Health Fund  NLRB Order Directs Settlement Of McDonald’s Unfair… [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 2:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Following up on the White House’s announcement yesterday that by major health insurers, Medicare and Medicaid to cover medically necessary testing and expand coverage for treatment of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“coronavirus), without applying deductibles or coinsurance and offer expanded telemedicine and other coverage for coronavirus care, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) today issued guidance giving health plans confirming health plans waiving deductibles won’t… [read post]
2 Mar 2020, 11:04 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The 2/06/20 Proposed Rule would classify the portion of premium revenue that an insured health plan subject to the MLR rule expends on pharmacy costs as the actual reimbursement to pharmacies – minus any rebates or price concessions from manufacturers – no matter if the plan or its contracted PBM receives the price concession. [read post]
2 Mar 2020, 7:29 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Among other things, the Proposed Rule, if adopted as proposed, would: Repeal regulations relating to the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program; Require health plans in state insurance markets to count drug rebates and price concessions retained by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) as administrative expenses. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 4:17 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers and their payroll service provider should prepare for income and employment tax withholding changes expected when the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finalize recently proposed rules on Income Tax Withholding From Wages intended to update the federal income tax withholding rules to reflect changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and other legislation.The proposed rules officially published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2020 available here follow… [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 4:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers and their payroll service provider should prepare for income and employment tax withholding changes expected when the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) finalize recently proposed rules on Income Tax Withholding From Wages intended to update the federal income tax withholding rules to reflect changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and other legislation.The proposed rules officially published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2020 available here follow… [read post]
24 Feb 2020, 2:42 am by Edgar (aka MrConsumer)
The company only responded with this statement: CVS Pharmacy worked with an independent third-party firm to study data for the top dispensed prescriptions in the U.S. across different pharmacy competitors. [read post]