The proposal would eliminate health-plan-run PBMs in Medicaid and establish a single state-contracted PBM, a move supporters ...

The five local Walgreens stores to be closed are all on the city’s South and West sides, serving African American and Latino ...

These closures are creating ‘pharmacy deserts,’ areas where the ratio of people to pharmacies has reached near critical levels. Indeed, data from Gophr’s ‘Prescription for Pressure ...

Barnes Drug Store is an independent pharmacy in the south Georgia town of Valdosta that's been serving the community for a ...

A “low access” tract is defined as one having at least 33% of its population living 1 mile or more from the pharmacy for urban tracts; more than 5 miles for suburban tracts; more than 10 miles for ...

There are calls to save a key pharmacy from closing in Hartford. Neighbors say it fills a vital need in the downtown area. “I ...

Some of the stores that are shutting down are in communities of color. “What that does is it leaves a pharmacy desert,” said Dr. Marcus Howard, Ph.D., founder and owner of GreaterHealth ...

The goal of the bill is to eliminate pharmacy deserts by protecting access to healthcare and lowering costs for Virginians. According to pharmacists, Medicaid reimburses pharmacies an average of $ ...

By opening this new pharmacy, St. Charles and local community partners aim to prevent Jefferson County from becoming a pharmacy desert, an access issue that disproportionally affects Hispanic ...

With the rise of pharmacy deserts across the United States threatening access to life-saving medications, and primary care providers stretched to their limits, community pharmacies have become ...