The rallying cry of the independent pharmacy lobby isn’t to offer solutions to lower prescription drug costs. Instead, it vilifies pharmacy benefit managers, who work in the prescription drug supply chain to manage drug benefits for health plan sponsors and
The Independent Pharmacy Marketplace Is Stable Over the last ten years, the number of independent retail pharmacies nationwide increased by 1,638 stores or 7.5%. New 2023 data from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) finds a continuing pattern
(Washington, D.C.) — A new academic analysis, “Independent Pharmacies in the U.S. are More on the Rise than on the Decline,” sets the record straight on the health of independent pharmacies in the U.S. by showing the overall number of
The Independent Pharmacy Marketplace Is Stable Over the last ten years, the number of independent retail pharmacies nationwide increased by 1,719 stores, or 8%. Over the last five years, the marketplace for independent pharmacies has experienced small fluctuations from year-to-year,
(Washington, D.C.) — The number of independent pharmacies in the United States increased in 2020, according to a new analysis of pharmacy data. Pharmacy data from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, analyzed by the healthcare analytics firm Quest
Ohio Medicaid takes better advantage of the expansive industry relationships and pharmacy networks that PBMs have built to provide patients with ready access to pharmaceuticals
Over the last five years, the marketplace for independent pharmacies has experienced small fluctuations from year-to-year sometimes gaining stores, sometimes losing stores. These recent fluctuations in the overall number of stores have not dramatically shifted the independent pharmacy market. Today,
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