Drug Cost

In the past decade, we’ve heard a lot about the healthcare reform and plans to curb rising costs in the industry. Among the myriad of healthcare costs that exist today, prescription drugs [...]

Medical costs are rising and so are prescription costs. Statistics show that 50% of Americans do not pick up their medication, and of the 50% that do pick up their meds, do not refill their [...]

The use of e-prescribing can improve patients’ adherence to prescription medications. It also facilitates better communications between patients, physicians and pharmacists. An industry study [...]

Cost may be the biggest barrier to medication adherence, according to pharmacists. Numerous studies have found as many as three of four Americans don’t take medications as prescribed.  A recent [...]

Your medicine may come with a new side effect — financial pain. Prescription-drug spending is growing at a phenomenal rate according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]