Leading long-term care pharmacy provider Omnicare, which announced this week that it has ended its efforts to takeover competitor PharMerica, posted a profit in the fourth quarter.
Optimus EMR announces successful transition to NCPDP
Dec 02, 2014
Optimus EMR Inc. announced in November it had made a transition with its pharmacy partners from HL7 to NCPDP Script 10.6 interfaces.
PharMerica faces False Claims lawsuit
Aug 14, 2013
PharMerica has been charged in a False Claims Act lawsuit by the federal government.
Omnicare extends purchase offer for PharMerica until January
Dec 07, 2011
Omnicare announced Monday that it is extending its offer to purchase all outstanding shares of rival PharMerica for $15 per share to Jan. 20. The original offer was scheduled to expire Dec. 2.
PharMerica to pay $200,000 settlement over federal charges of unsafe dispensing practices
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 17, 2014
Long-term care pharmacy company PharMerica has agreed to pay about $213,000 to settle charges that it dispensed medications without prescriptions and committed other breaches of the Controlled Substances...
Government whistleblower lawsuit: PharMerica improperly dispensed, billed for narcotics
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 13, 2013
Long-term care pharmacy company PharMerica dispensed controlled narcotics without valid prescriptions and billed Medicare for the drugs, the federal government has charged in a False Claims Act lawsuit.
Meds not dispensed without valid scrips, PharMerica says
By
Ashley Carman
Oct 01, 2013
Long-term care pharmacy giant PharMerica dispensed controlled narcotics without valid prescriptions and charged Medicare, the federal government alleges in a False Claims Act lawsuit. The company “vigorously”...
Rebuffed by PharMerica top brass, Omnicare appeals to board members in purchase attempt
Aug 24, 2011
Omnicare’s top management decided private negotiations with their counterparts at takeover target PharMerica were not working. So on Tuesday, Omnicare went public with an announced $15 per share...
Kindred breaks with PharMerica, plans to partner with Omnicare
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 26, 2013
Kindred Healthcare will split with pharmacy partner PharMerica and join forces with Omnicare at the end of 2013, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Kindred teams with Omnicare, splits with skilled nursing pharmacy PharMerica
By
McKnight's Staff
Jun 24, 2013
Major long-term care provider Kindred Healthcare will split with its current pharmacy partner, PharMerica, and team with the sector’s largest pharmacy, Omnicare, at the end of 2013, according to...