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Kroger Tests New HBC Department
CINCINNATI — In a three-store test in the Cincinnati region, Kroger Co. here is looking at a redesigned health and beauty care department, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Friday....
Researcher Finds Clinic Numbers Declining
SHOREVIEW, Minn. — The total number of retail convenient care clinics declined for the first time in June, falling by 12 from 981 to 969, according to Tom Charmond, chief executive officer, Merchants Medicine, a research and consulting company, which publishes the “Merchant Medical News” newsletter. ...
Government to Give Incentives for Medicare E-Prescribing
WASHINGTON — Medicare is taking new steps to speed the adoption of electronic prescribing by offering incentive payments to physicians and other eligible professionals who use the technology, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported this week. ...
Congressional Override Postpones Medicaid Pharmacy Cuts
WASHINGTON — Late Tuesday, the House and Senate voted by wide margins to override a presidential veto of H.R. 6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, thus enacting the bill into law....
FMI Report: Supermarket Pharmacy Business Healthy
ARLINGTON, Va. — A new report from the Food Marketing Institute here shows the supermarket pharmacy business to be healthy, and growing in services and tie-in opportunities....
Chevy Chase Bank to Close 54 Giant Food Branches
LANDOVER, Md. — Giant Food here said last week that 54 in-store branches of Chevy Chase Bank, Bethesda, Md., will close with the end of a 10-year contract that expires in August....
Bill to Delay Medicaid Cuts Passes U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON — By a veto-proof majority, the U.S. Senate yesterday approved a bill to delay regulations that would have resulted in drastic cuts in Medicaid reimbursements....
K-VA-T Extends Fuel, Pharmacy Promotion
ABINGDON, Va. — The Food City banner of K-VA-T Food Stores here has extended a fuel and pharmacy promotion for another month....
Dierbergs, Stater Launch Generic Drug Programs
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — Dierbergs Markets here today is launching a discount generic prescription drug program, and Stater Bros. Markets, San Bernardino, Calif., said it will begin offering discounted generics tomorrow....
Pharmacies Lose Suit to Block Medi-Cal Cuts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Yesterday a California state court denied a motion on behalf of eight independent retail pharmacies to stop the 10% Medi-Cal provider cuts, reported the California Pharmacists Association, here. ...
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