Tag: pharmacies
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Over-the-counter drug makers start campaign to educate potential meth ‘smurfers’ about consequences of their actions
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The lobby for makers of over-the-counter drugs, which has fought laws to tighten controls on sale of cold medicine that is used to make...
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Harlan doctor tells White House summit about his changeover to electronic health records
Dr. Carl Smith Jr. Almost a decade ago, Dr. Carl Smith Jr. did something that many health care providers across America are still struggling to do: He implemented electronic health...
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Pikeville newspaper spotlights local doctors and pharmacists charged in prescription pain-pill epidemic, forecasts more action
The Appalachian News-Express, the thrice-weekly newspaper in Pikeville, has turned the spotlight on Pike County physicians and pharmacists who are aiding and abetting the abuse of prescription painkillers. We have...
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Pharmacies to offer free HIV tests as part of pilot program; no Ky. locations chosen yet
Getting tested for HIV may soon be as easy as going to the pharmacy to get a flu shot or blood pressure check. Pharmacies in 24 cities and rural communities...
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Meds-for-meth bill drew record lobbying expenses, not even including radio and newspaper ad campaigns
Makers of over-the-counter drugs spent more than any lobbying interest ever had during a single Kentucky legislative session in their effort to defeat a bill requiring prescriptions for the key...
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Medicaid recipients displaced by tornadoes can get emergency 30-day refills of prescriptions
Kentuckians on Medicaid who were displaced by last week’s storms can get a 30-day supply of needed medicine from their pharmacy, the Department of Medicaid Services announced yesterday. The right...
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Legislators hear from new managed-care firms; lawmaker rates their performance with a show of hands from pharmacists
Kentucky Health News The three companies recently hired to manage Kentucky’s Medicaid program outside the Louisville region defended themselves yesterday against complaints that they are squeezing independent pharmacies to the...
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Responding to complaints about new managed-care companies, state auditor asks for claims data; lawmakers threaten subpoena
With complaints piling up about the three Medicaid managed-care companies that coordinate care for 560,000 poor and disabled Kentuckians, lawmakers and officials are taking action to get to the bottom...