Community Practice

NPI database puts providers at risk

Apotex Corp. and Centric Health Resources team up to help liver transplant patients obtain seamless care

Pharmacy owner gets five years for Medicaid fraud

Healthcare providers should review NPI database to ensure that private information will not be disclosed.

New patient-centric drug safety alert system launched

A Washington pharmacy owner has been sentenced to more than five years in jail for a Medicaid fraud scheme.

ASHP continues push for NDC exemption

Drug safety monitoring program iGuard launched

Standardized Rx dosing schedule and label proposed

Group urges state affiliates to seek delay

Rite Aid gears up for holiday 2007 and beyond

ACPF and IOM propose a universal medication schedule

CMS issues Medicare outpatient payment rates for 2008

Rite Aid anticipates great holiday 2007 and strong 2008

FDA's comment period for proposed sunscreen rule extended

A final rule in the Federal Register goes into the rates Medicare will pay hospitals for outpatient care in 2008.

A&P may acquire Pathmark by early December

FDA extends comment period for proposed sunscreen rule

FDA warns of increased pregnancy risk for Myfortic

A&P and Pathmark merger near

New product automates IV dosing workflow

Evidence of fetal risk reported for mycophenolic acid (Myfortic, Novartis)

Encore Tablets recalled by FDA, Bodee LLC

Software manages and tracks every IV dose administered by hospitals

Encore Tablets recalled by FDA, Bodee LLC

FDA, Bodee LLC issue nationwide recall of Encore Tablets

On-line pharmacy directory launched

FDA, Bodee LLC issue nationwide recall of Encore Tablets

New form on the way for Schedules I & II drugs

Telephone and on-line directory company YellowPages is creating an on-line directory of pharmacies.

CMS to end e-prescription fax exemption

DEA proposes a rule that would create a new format for ordering Schedule I and/or II controlled substances.

NIH to meet over use of hydroxyurea for sickle cell disease

Beginning January 2009, computer-generated fax prescriptions will no longer be exempted from the requirement to meet the NCPDP SCRIPT standard according to CMS.

Actor's newborn twins given overdose of blood thinner

NIH to meet over use of hydroxyurea for sickle cell disease

National Influenza Vaccination Week promotes flu vaccinations

State, county investigating error that led to high dose of heparin

Hay fever nasal spray expands its population base

National influenza vaccination week encourages flu vaccinations