Pharmacists can play a valuable role in improving outcomes for patients with hypertension. And now two new resources compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division for…
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Staying Relevant: How to Grow Your Pharmacy in Today’s Rapidly Changing Health Care Environment
How do you stay ahead of changing patient needs, evolving technology and new competitors—all while still providing patients with top-notch care? Independent community pharmacies today are faced with fierce competition…
Deterring Abuse: How Independent Pharmacists Can Help Combat the Opioid Epidemic
The opioid epidemic is a health crisis that’s taking the nation by storm. Drug overdoses involving an opioid accounted for more than 33,000 deaths in the U.S. in 2015, according…
How the Fight Against DIR Fees is Improving in 2017
Although it’s a new year, independent community pharmacies are still fighting the same battles—especially when it comes to PBM transparency, inadequate reimbursements and DIR fees. DIR fees, or direct and…
The Role of Medicare Services in Pharmacists’ Expanding Scope of Practice
Pressures such as increased competition and inadequate prescription reimbursements from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are causing independent community pharmacies to look for other ways to increase margins and provide added…
Best of February 2017: Articles for Independent Pharmacies
Have you seen the latest from Elements magazine this February? Each month, we publish multiple online-only articles about what’s happening in the pharmacy industry and what you need to know to improve…
Best of January 2017: Articles for Independent Pharmacies
Have you seen the latest from Elements magazine this January? Each month, we publish multiple online-only articles about what’s happening in the pharmacy industry and what you need to know…
How to Help Patients Better Understand Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
Can your independnet community pharmacy help patients who have health savings accounts (HSAs)? Insurance companies allow insured individuals to use HSAs, or tax-advantaged savings accounts, to pay for their prescriptions,…
The Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period: What Your Patients Need to Know
Are your patients familiar with the Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period (MADP)? While you’ve probably informed patients about Medicare Open Enrollment, you may have forgotten to talk to them about another…
What Every Independent Pharmacy Owner Needs to Do After Attending a Conference
What’s the first thing you do after you attend a pharmacy conference? Attending conferences allows you to learn new information to help grow your independent community pharmacy and presents an…
How to Overcome the Challenges Coming for Independent Pharmacies in 2017
Every year brings new challenges for independent community pharmacies. Remember the big ones from recent years? Mail order, Star Ratings, healthcare reform and preferred pharmacy networks, to name a few.…
Heart Health: How Two New Resources Can Help Pharmacists Improve Outcomes for Patients With Hypertension
Pharmacists can play a valuable role in improving outcomes for patients with hypertension. And now two new resources compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division for…
Staying Relevant: How to Grow Your Pharmacy in Today’s Rapidly Changing Health Care Environment
How do you stay ahead of changing patient needs, evolving technology and new competitors—all while still providing patients with top-notch care? Independent community pharmacies today are faced with fierce competition…
Deterring Abuse: How Independent Pharmacists Can Help Combat the Opioid Epidemic
The opioid epidemic is a health crisis that’s taking the nation by storm. Drug overdoses involving an opioid accounted for more than 33,000 deaths in the U.S. in 2015, according…
How the Fight Against DIR Fees is Improving in 2017
Although it’s a new year, independent community pharmacies are still fighting the same battles—especially when it comes to PBM transparency, inadequate reimbursements and DIR fees. DIR fees, or direct and…
The Role of Medicare Services in Pharmacists’ Expanding Scope of Practice
Pressures such as increased competition and inadequate prescription reimbursements from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are causing independent community pharmacies to look for other ways to increase margins and provide added…
Best of February 2017: Articles for Independent Pharmacies
Have you seen the latest from Elements magazine this February? Each month, we publish multiple online-only articles about what’s happening in the pharmacy industry and what you need to know to improve…
Best of January 2017: Articles for Independent Pharmacies
Have you seen the latest from Elements magazine this January? Each month, we publish multiple online-only articles about what’s happening in the pharmacy industry and what you need to know…
How to Help Patients Better Understand Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
Can your independnet community pharmacy help patients who have health savings accounts (HSAs)? Insurance companies allow insured individuals to use HSAs, or tax-advantaged savings accounts, to pay for their prescriptions,…
The Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period: What Your Patients Need to Know
Are your patients familiar with the Medicare Advantage Disenrollment Period (MADP)? While you’ve probably informed patients about Medicare Open Enrollment, you may have forgotten to talk to them about another…
What Every Independent Pharmacy Owner Needs to Do After Attending a Conference
What’s the first thing you do after you attend a pharmacy conference? Attending conferences allows you to learn new information to help grow your independent community pharmacy and presents an…
How to Overcome the Challenges Coming for Independent Pharmacies in 2017
Every year brings new challenges for independent community pharmacies. Remember the big ones from recent years? Mail order, Star Ratings, healthcare reform and preferred pharmacy networks, to name a few.…