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GrizRPh News- important updates on the latest pharmacy legislation and news.

11/14/08 Drugmaker ads to target Obama idea Lobbyist readies for prescription price fight.
11/13/08 Baucus wants Overhaul of Healthcare in '09.
11/09/08 Information for Pharmacists About the Proposed Prescription Monitoring Program in Montana
7/15/08 We're Saved! Presidents veto of HR 6331 has been overridden by Congress!
7/10/08 HR 6331 passed Senate today and goes to President for Signature
6/20/08 HR 6331 (very similar to Baucus's Physician bill S.3101)
6/6/08 Baucus Unveils Medicare Reform Legislaton...includes delay of AMP and Prompt Pay bill.
6/5/08 Letters to Baucus and Tester on FDA regulation of compounding and CMS's decision. Feel free to support our compounding pharmacies and use these Word docs to write Baucus.doc and Tester.doc. (E-mailing is preferred: please use Rep Contacts)
6/5/08 Impact of AMP on states: reported by PriceWaterhouseCooper
6/4/08 PBM Settles Rebate Scheme Charges With States by:NCPA
5/27/08 Joint OPPOSITION to HR5839 the "Safeguarding America's Pharmaceutical Act of 2008" by NCPA, NACDS, and FMI.
05/20/08 Roll Call Newpaper add entitled "You're Getting Screwed" by NCPA...must read.
4/17/08 Representative Buyer [IN] H.R.5839 "Safeguarding America’s Pharmaceuticals Act of 2008"
4/10/08 Representative Heather Wilson's [NM] H.R.5780, the `Medicare Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Services Coverage Act of 2008'
03/10/08 List of Currently Sponsored Federal Pharmacy Legislation

In The Spotlight- current focus on CMS and reimbursement to pharmacies, implem-entation of MTM services, and much more.

Representative Contacts- how to quickly and easily reach our representatives.

RPh Messenger- how to get current updates delivered right to your inbox without missing important news and updates.

Rx Links- most commonly used pharmacy links linked by cateogory

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Always looking for new material to post on these pharmacy networks. Anyone is welcome to forward articles, emails, and pharmacy news of pertinent pharmacy related material to grizrph@hotmail.com to share with the rest of our colleagues. Please keep in mind GrizRPh.com is political based, and MT Pharmacist.org is non-political based. These websites were designed to bring our pharmacy community together to "speak" in one voice as well as use each others specialties and knowledge in which to benefit from one another. The more we share and communicate the more effective this pharmacy network is. Thank you...I look forward to hearing from you.

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MT Pharmacist.org Main page -updates on current pharmacy news.

11/12/08 CVS Escalates the Generic Price Ware by Adam Fein.
11/10/08 Extortionists Target Major Pharmacy Processor
11/10/08 Secret, double life of a Walgreens druggist
11/10/08 New Immunization Resource Center
11/10/08 CMS Extends Electronic Prescribing Exemption for Computer Generated Faxes
11/09/08 "New Law Regulates Internet Drug Sales"
11/09/08 Information for Pharmacists About the Proposed Prescription Monitoring Program in Montana
11/09/08 FDA adverse reaction phone number guidance for new deadline of July 1, 2009.
11/09/08 Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Program deadline January 1, 2009. Plus PAAS guidance and program.
11/03/08 "Get Ready for Part D Reform" by Adam Fein.
09/03/08 (MT Medicaid) Tamper-Resistant Rx Pad Update: Three Features Required October 1
09/03/08 S
09/02/08 (MT Medicaid) Introducing SmartPA® ...visit Medicaids Provider Page for more SmartPA updates.
Vytorin News:
- 09/03/08 FDA investigates a report from the SEAS trial
- 090/2/08 Doctors say Vytorin-cancer link can't be ruled out
- 09/02/08 Vytorin debate heats up ESC
- 09/02/08 NY Times: Evidence Gap
- 07/22/08 More Bad News for Merck, Shering
- 07/21/08 Results from the SEAS study
- 07/18/08 Making Sense of Vytorin Concerns, an FDA Consumer Health Information release.
09/01/08 American Lung Association Study Finds No Evidence of Depression or Suicide Linked to Asthma and Allergy Drug Montelukast
09/01/08 Omega 3-may cut admissions for heart failure.
08/29/08 Antipsychotic Drugs Boost Stroke Risk: Washington Post
08/19/08 IRS Flex Spending Account (FSA) Debit Card Regulations - Effective Jan. 1, 2009 (NCPA)
07/18/08 E-prescribing on Federal Register for Controlled Substances(Written comments must be
postmarked, and electronic comments
must be sent, on or before September 25, 2008).
07/18/08 December Hearing in Proposed First DataBank AWP Settlement (NCPA)
07/18/08 Making Sense of Vytorin Concerns, an FDA Consumer Health Information release.
07/17/08 CHIP joins pharmacies to help get health insurance
07/09/08 Comments Requested: CMS Proposed Changes to Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Programs
07/09/08 FDA Requests Boxed Warnings on Fluoroquinolone Antimicrobial DrugsSeeks to Strengthen Warnings Concerning Increased Risk of Tendinitis and Tendon Rupt
07/09/08 FDA Revises Process for Responding to Drug Applications

MT Pharmacist.org (Archives)

PharmAssist Program -Montana's Pharm- Assist program to better serve Montana's residents.

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) is offering all Montana pharmacists the opportunity to become credentialed to participate in this new program.
The University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy will offer six hours of free continuing education (CE) to train pharmacists intent on participating in the program. Read more.

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