Optum is laying off 98 people in Moline, Ill., as it closes a mail-order pharmacy facility, according to regulatory documents filed June 5. The notice names Optum Services as the employer and lists the cuts under a plant closure at…

As reimbursement pressure and 340B restrictions tighten across healthcare, more health systems are turning to in-house specialty pharmacies as a direct revenue play — and they’re building infrastructure to match. Health systems and hospitals have emerged as the fastest-growing direct…

Plenful, the leading AI workflow automation platform for pharmacy teams, today announced the launch of Referral Agent – the first AI agent purpose-built for 340B referral capture. At a leading Mid-Atlantic academic medical center, Referral Agent expanded referral claim review…

For patients diagnosed with heart failure, getting on the right medications can be a slow process. At Southfield, Mich.-based Corewell Health, pharmacists are playing a growing role in helping heart failure patients reach guideline-directed medical therapy more quickly. The health…

A federal judge has denied requests from Novartis, AbbVie and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America to block Washington state’s 340B law before it takes effect June 11.  Washington enacted the law March 25; it prohibits drug manufacturers from…

Active drug shortages fell 23% in 2025, but shortages are lasting longer than ever, according to U.S. Pharmacopeia’s 2025 Annual Drug Shortages Report. Here is what health system pharmacy leaders need to know:

A federal court has entered a $3,423,389.84 default judgment against a Nebraska pharmacist and pharmacy operator over alleged false claims submitted to Medicare and Medicaid. The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska entered the judgment May 29 against…

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has partnered with Shields Health Solutions to launch an integrated specialty pharmacy program aimed at improving access to medications for patients with chronic and complex conditions. The new Baptist Specialty Pharmacy, located at Baptist MD Anderson…

Pharmacy leaders have watched pay gaps widen across states for years — and new data puts hard numbers on what that looks like in practice.  Nationally, pharmacists earned a mean annual salary of approximately $140,180 in 2025, while technicians earned…

Eli Lilly’s deadline for hospitals to submit claims data or lose 340B drug discounts has passed, and with HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration silent on requests from hospital and pharmacy groups to intervene, noncompliant hospitals are exposed. Lilly sent…