Prescription

• Prescription drugs

• Prescriptions (Drugs)

• Prescription drug plans

• 21 CFR 201.57 - Specific requirements on content and format of labeling for human prescription drug and biological products described in § 201.56(b)(1).

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21: Food and Drugs

• Valuation Considerations of Prescription Files

As the large chain supermarkets face the ever-growing number of super Wal-Marts and the competitive landscape of retail drug chains continues to evolve, asset-based lenders have seen an increased reliance on the collateral value of prescription files (scripts). A prescription file consists of an electronic record, created when a registered pharmacist fills a pharmaceutical prescription on behalf of a patient. Core components for determining prescription file value include the following: 1. competition, 2. store-by-store competitor analysis, 3. key financial metrics, 4. total pharmacy sales, 5. total scripts dispensed TTM or last 6 weeks (annualized), and 6. customer retention rate (zip code analysis of consumer). The largest potential impact on prescription-file values will be new Medic...

• Secured Lender, The
• Vol. 62 Nbr. 6, November 2006

• Improving Prescription Drug Access for Dual Eligibles After the Medicare Modernization Act

The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 ("MMA") provided a new prescription drug benefit for millions of Americans who receive healthcare through Medicare. However, for those individuals who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid, "dual eligibles," the change has proved harmful. Prior to the MMA, states provided prescription drug benefits to their dual eligibles through Medicaid. The MMA prohibited states from providing this coverage by mandating that dual eligibles' prescription drug benefits would solely be provided through Medicare. Neither the dual eligibles nor the states are receiving the benefits promised. The transition from Medicaid to Medicare was not smooth, as there were lapses in coverage for dual eligibles and increased prescription drug costs. In addition, the MMA was inte...

• Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems
• Vol. 43 Nbr. 2, December 2009

• Medicare Program; Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs for Contract Year 2013 and Other Changes

This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C) regulations and prescription drug benefit program (Part D) regulations to implement new statutory requirements; strengthen beneficiary protections; exclude plan participants that perform poorly; improve program efficiencies; and clarify program requirements. It also responds to public comments regarding the long-term care facility conditions of participation pertaining to pharmacy services.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 22072, April 12, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Health and Human Services Department

• BEEMAN V. ANTHEM PRESCRIPTION, (9th Cir. 2011)

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JERRY BEEMAN AND PHARMACY  SERVICES, ...

• Federal Circuits

• 21 CFR 205.50 - Minimum requirements for the storage and handling of prescription drugs and for the establishment and maintenance of prescription drug distribution records.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21: Food and Drugs

• Black Beauties, Gorilla Pills, Footballs, and Hillbilly Heroin: Some Reflections On Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion Research Over the Past 40 Years

Although the problem of prescription drug abuse has endured for well over two centuries, research into the abuse and diversion of these drugs has been relatively recent. The first general population survey to document the abuse of prescription medications occurred in 1970, and subsequent studies demonstrated that the abuse and diversion of amphetamines, opioids, and sedatives has continued to be widespread. During the 1980s and much of the 1990s, prescription drug abuse took a back seat to other more pressing concerns: ifreebasei and powder cocaine, the cocaine wars, crack and sex-for-crack exchanges, rising rates of drug-related street crime, and HIV/AIDS among injection and non-injection drug users. However, recent surveys suggest that the current outbreak of prescription drug abuse b...

• Journal of Drug Issues
• Vol. 39 Nbr. 1, January 2009

• 42 CFR 423.884 - Requirements for qualified retiree prescription drug plans.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42: Public Health

• 21 CFR 1311.120 - Electronic prescription application requirements.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21: Food and Drugs

• Illicit, Prescription Drug Sales Plague Maine Counties

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine - The dour economy and the high unemployment rate in Piscataquis and Washington counties have pushed the rural areas to the top of the state list for street sales of both prescription and illegal drugs, say law enforcement and medical officials. Deaths and near-deaths from unintentional drug overdoses, either the misuse of prescription drugs or a combination of prescription drugs and illicit drugs, are of great concern in both counties.

• Bangor Daily News
• April 06, 2011