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a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription
the pharmacist caught an error in the prescription's dosage
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As one example, dozens of states are passing legislation that expands the role of pharmacists to prescribe certain medicines.
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Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
In these roles, PBMs decide what pharmacists and pharmacies are paid to dispense prescription medications.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
But other regulations making progress in states would certainly benefit the thousands of pharmacists and retail pharmacies under CVS ownership as well as other pharmacies.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
An early version of the off-label drug bill would have required pharmacists to fill those prescriptions and barred licensing boards from disciplining providers based on their use of off-label drugs.
—Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
The package would also allow pharmacists to prescribe certain forms of contraception themselves.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
Allowing pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives House Bills 5435 and 5436 would require certain forms of contraception, like hormonal patches, to be covered by insurers, if they are prescribed.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
In these roles, PBMs also decide what pharmacists and pharmacies are paid to dispense prescription medications.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
However, pharmacists producing the drugs in bulk — known as 503B compounding facilities — will get an additional month, with a deadline of March 19.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
In these roles, PBMs decide what pharmacists and pharmacies are paid to dispense prescription medications.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
But other regulations making progress in states would certainly benefit the thousands of pharmacists and retail pharmacies under CVS ownership as well as other pharmacies.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
An early version of the off-label drug bill would have required pharmacists to fill those prescriptions and barred licensing boards from disciplining providers based on their use of off-label drugs.
—Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
The package would also allow pharmacists to prescribe certain forms of contraception themselves.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
Allowing pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives House Bills 5435 and 5436 would require certain forms of contraception, like hormonal patches, to be covered by insurers, if they are prescribed.
—Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
In these roles, PBMs also decide what pharmacists and pharmacies are paid to dispense prescription medications.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
However, pharmacists producing the drugs in bulk — known as 503B compounding facilities — will get an additional month, with a deadline of March 19.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Pharmacists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmacists. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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