Scope expansion, faster prior auth & major settlements lead pharmacy headlines.
December 3, 2025

1. Law expands pharmacists' role in opioid treatment Full story

2. Mount Sinai's pharmacy goes 'digital-first,' halves prior auth times Full story

3. Creating innovative cardiology care pathways — Baptist Health & Fairview Pharmacy Solutions share their approach here.

 

4. CVS settles insulin dispensing case for $38M Full story

5. FDA clears reformulated ranitidine after 5-year recall Full story

6. CMOs, CMIOs and pharmacy leaders are working to transform pain care. Learn how here.

 

7. Court clears path for $7.5B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement Full story

8. Eli Lilly reduces Zepbound price Full story

9. 5 new health systems launched in 2025 Full story

10. Steward trustee seeks $3.4B in amended complaint against ex-CEO Full story

11. AMA OKs alternative payment model standards for rural hospitals Full story

 

12. Monitor, detect, protect: Ochsner Health's 5 keys to strengthening pharmacy controls here.

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13. From $2.71 to $0.24 per script. See how automation cuts per-Rx costs here.

14. New digital behaviors demand updated clinical responses. Equip your teams with clearer frameworks: here.

15. MultiCare added 3,200 surgical cases in 1 year. The OR strategy behind it, here.

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