Lewis Drug, Partners Screen Record Level of Patients on “Melanoma Monday”
A Lewis Drug location in Sioux Falls, SD, on Monday, May 7, 2018, made possible the screening of approximately 170 patients for skin cancer.
Lewis Drug and Partners Help Patients Find Answers on “Melanoma Monday”
As part of a far-reaching partnership, a Lewis Drug location in Sioux Falls will host free skin cancer screenings. The program coincides with May’s designation as Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
NACDS Comments to CMS on Medicare Prescription Drug Program Urges Medicare Part D policies related to DIR fee fairness, opioid abuse prevention, prescription drug affordability, and patients’ pharmacy access
NACDS expressed support for, and provided further input, on CMS’ proposed rule, which involves issues including direct and indirect remuneration fees; e-prescribing; medication therapy management; opioid abuse; and fostering pharmacy access.
U.S. Rep. Todd Budd Tours Harris Teeter Pharmacy
U.S. Rep. Todd Budd (R-NC) toured a Harris Teeter (The Kroger Co.) pharmacy today in Mooresville, NC, as part of the NACDS RxIMPACT program.
We appreciate Congressman Budd’s interest in pro-patient, pro-pharmacy issues.
In a Morning Consult poll commissioned by NACDS, 8-in-10 respondents in North Carolina’s 13th District report a favorable opinion of their pharmacist. Respondents by the same ratio say pharmacists are credible sources of information about how to save money on prescription drugs. Nine-in-ten say pharmacies are easy to access — the highest accessibility rating of all points of care that were tested.
Ritzman Pharmacies, Discount Drug Mart Host Congressional Pharmacy Tour Welcome U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) to Ritzman location in Medina
U.S. Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) visited a Medina Ritzman Pharmacy for a tour and issue discussion as part of NACDS RxIMPACT.
NACDS Staff Advances “Plot Against Hunger” Continues relationship with Arlington Food Assistance Center
NACDS staff volunteered in the Plot Against Hunger garden in Arlington, Va. - picking vegetables and performing maintenance.
NACDS, Coalition Ads Thank Legislators for Backing Pro-Patient, Pro-Pharmacy Bill Urge Congressional action on Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act
NACDS print ads, and Coalition radio and digital ads, are running in selected Congressional Districts this August to tout the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act.
NACDS, APhA Write to Administration on Importation
NACDS and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) sent a letter to President Donald Trump this week, urging him to reject proposals allowing importation of non-FDA approved drugs
Telling Pharmacy’s Story through Opinion Research, One Congressional District at a Time Opinion research dashboard is new feature of Access Agenda microsite
With opinion research unveiled during the 2017 NACDS Annual Meeting, NACDS members can show members of Congress what their constituents think about key elements of pharmacy’s “Access Agenda.”
NACDS Leadership Rolls Out “Future Value Targeting” Initiative at Annual Meeting Otto, Anderson Speak at Sunday Business Program
Scottsdale, Ariz. – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) today announced new strategies to collaborate for health, wellness and societal solutions as part of the “constant reinvention” of NACDS.
The NACDS “Future Value Targeting” initiative – which stands to benefit NACDS chain and associate members, diverse collaborators, and society – emerged as a central theme of remarks at an NACDS Annual Meeting business program. NACDS Chairman Martin Otto, H-E-B’s chief merchant and chief financial officer, who reflected on his one-year term as chairman, and NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE, described the initiative.
NACDS Chairman Martin Otto of H-E-B reviewed the progress and outlook for pharmacy’s leadership on addressing health dilemmas and societal issues
“It has meant a lot to me personally to be able to discuss the need for comprehensive, end-to-end review of the healthcare delivery system, and to work with the NACDS Board of Directors and membership to position pharmacy as a major part of the solution to many challenges facing the nation,” Otto said.
“It is vital to pursue a more sustainable approach to healthcare delivery in ways that will make it possible to also address pressing issues in education, poverty, nutrition and more. From the existing and new issues that NACDS is advancing, to the collaboration that we are pursuing with other stakeholders, NACDS continues to make tremendous progress to affirm and advance pharmacy’s leadership role on a host of critical issues.”
Anderson described ways that NACDS is poised to help address these topics.
“NACDS Future Value Targeting is a strategic planning element that will supplement the already vitally important NACDS Strategic Plan. NACDS is intensely focused on doing the right things now to deliver return-on-investment for members into the future. We are focused on assessing this operating environment, and acting like a start-up and like a think-tank to do things in new ways to deliver for this amazing industry,” Anderson said.
“The conversations of the NACDS Board of Directors kept coming back to this: ‘how can we find additional common ground, with existing and new partners, to create immediate and long-term breakthroughs – for our businesses, for [ READ MORE ]
