VA Drug & Pharmaceutical Prices - From the Pharmacy Benefits Management, Strategic Healthcare Goup, Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
05-01-2001
IHS Profile, year 2001 - This one-page reference document provides basic information about the agency that is a useful reference when describing the agency in your advocacy efforts.
FDA New Approvals & Revised Package Inserts - Link to sign-up for the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research e-mail service. Receive daily or weekly updates on new drug approvals or package insert changes. Also links to CDER home page.
02-13-2001
Pharmacy Links Gateway - Well organized hot links to everything you want to find about pharmacy including: associations, schools, pharmaceutical companies, journals, books, databases, hospital, federal and more. Includes US and international.
RXHOPE - This service, which is fast, simple and almost brand new, is sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA). Unlike few others that would provide the service at a charge, RxHope.com does it all for free. The procedure for applying for medication assistance is as simple as entering your request on the "Patient Assistance Request Form".
Once completed, your request is sent directly to the pharmaceutical company
for processing.
07-31-2000
Merck Manuals Online - Search this up to date electronic copy of the Merck Manuals.
VA Dept of Pharmacy Website - home page for the Pharmacy Benefits Management, Strategic Healthcare Group, Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Formulary, clinical practice guidelines, treatment protocols, prime vendor info., etc.
02-02-2000
Medline - Provide an easy way to search the 11 million references and abstracts in the MEDLINE database.
08-11-1999
Pharmacoeconomic Center - Sponsored by the Department of Defense. P&T reviews, disease state reviews,etc.
08-11-1999
New Drugs - New drugs and indications. Sponsored by the PSL consulting group.
08-10-1999
Drug Formulary - Drug formulary, with cost comparisons and antibiotic use guide sponsored by the Medical College of Wisconsin.
08-10-1999
Intelihealth - Patient handouts. Intelihealth is a joint venture between Aetna Healthcare and Johns Hopkins.
08-10-1999
IHS Pharmacy Intranet Home - Available to ihs.gov domain users only. Visit the most comprehensive IHS Pharmacy Resource Center.
08-10-1999
Medicare Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training Requirement
- Medicare regulations require the Part D drug plans to assure that all pharmacies train their employees upon initial hire and annually about fraud, waste and abuse and that pharmacies keep documentation of this training. (DOC - 31.5K) File: Training_Requirement_for_Pharmacy_and_Billing_Office.doc Author: <RADM Robert Pittman> - March 30, 2008.
03-30-2008
Medicaid Tamper Resistant Prescription Requirement
- Beginning April 1, 2008, all written prescriptions for Medicaid recipients must be on paper with at least one tamper-resistant feature as outlined by CMS(DOC - 31.0K) File: Medicaid_Tamper_Resistant_Prescription_Requirement.doc Author: <RADM Robert Pittman> - March 28, 2008.
The Budget Process
- Presentation by Keith Longie to the National Pharmacy Council on the budget process(PPT - 170.5K) File: The_Budget_Process.ppt Author: Keith Longie, ISAC Co-Chairman
RPMS Point of Sale Pharmacy Billing System
- look in presentations folder for new presentation from Information Technology and Program Support Conference, Albuquerque, June 12, 2001(PPT - 67.0K) File: posting_Tech_Fair_2001,_schweitzer.ppt
VA Drug & Pharmaceutical Prices - From the Pharmacy Benefits Management, Strategic Healthcare Goup, Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
05-01-2001
IHS Profile, year 2001 - This one-page reference document provides basic information about the agency that is a useful reference when describing the agency in your advocacy efforts.
FDA New Approvals & Revised Package Inserts - Link to sign-up for the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research e-mail service. Receive daily or weekly updates on new drug approvals or package insert changes. Also links to CDER home page.
02-13-2001
Pharmacy Links Gateway - Well organized hot links to everything you want to find about pharmacy including: associations, schools, pharmaceutical companies, journals, books, databases, hospital, federal and more. Includes US and international.
RXHOPE - This service, which is fast, simple and almost brand new, is sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PhRMA). Unlike few others that would provide the service at a charge, RxHope.com does it all for free. The procedure for applying for medication assistance is as simple as entering your request on the "Patient Assistance Request Form".
Once completed, your request is sent directly to the pharmaceutical company
for processing.
07-31-2000
Merck Manuals Online - Search this up to date electronic copy of the Merck Manuals.
VA Dept of Pharmacy Website - home page for the Pharmacy Benefits Management, Strategic Healthcare Group, Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Formulary, clinical practice guidelines, treatment protocols, prime vendor info., etc.
02-02-2000
Medline - Provide an easy way to search the 11 million references and abstracts in the MEDLINE database.
08-11-1999
Pharmacoeconomic Center - Sponsored by the Department of Defense. P&T reviews, disease state reviews,etc.
08-11-1999
New Drugs - New drugs and indications. Sponsored by the PSL consulting group.
08-10-1999
Drug Formulary - Drug formulary, with cost comparisons and antibiotic use guide sponsored by the Medical College of Wisconsin.
08-10-1999
Intelihealth - Patient handouts. Intelihealth is a joint venture between Aetna Healthcare and Johns Hopkins.
08-10-1999
IHS Pharmacy Intranet Home - Available to ihs.gov domain users only. Visit the most comprehensive IHS Pharmacy Resource Center.
08-10-1999
Medicare Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training Requirement
- Medicare regulations require the Part D drug plans to assure that all pharmacies train their employees upon initial hire and annually about fraud, waste and abuse and that pharmacies keep documentation of this training. (DOC - 31.5K) File: Training_Requirement_for_Pharmacy_and_Billing_Office.doc Author: <RADM Robert Pittman> - March 30, 2008.
03-30-2008
Medicaid Tamper Resistant Prescription Requirement
- Beginning April 1, 2008, all written prescriptions for Medicaid recipients must be on paper with at least one tamper-resistant feature as outlined by CMS(DOC - 31.0K) File: Medicaid_Tamper_Resistant_Prescription_Requirement.doc Author: <RADM Robert Pittman> - March 28, 2008.
The Budget Process
- Presentation by Keith Longie to the National Pharmacy Council on the budget process(PPT - 170.5K) File: The_Budget_Process.ppt Author: Keith Longie, ISAC Co-Chairman
RPMS Point of Sale Pharmacy Billing System
- look in presentations folder for new presentation from Information Technology and Program Support Conference, Albuquerque, June 12, 2001(PPT - 67.0K) File: posting_Tech_Fair_2001,_schweitzer.ppt