Strategic Insights Help Pharmaceutical Companies Develop a Detailed Understanding of How the Introduction of Part D (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN, Ireland----June 30, 2006--Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Managed Markets 2007: Pharmaceutical Reimbursement Strategy, Organizational Structure and Medicare Part D " to their offering.

IRI Study: Medicare Part D Driving Changes in Where Seniors Shop (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHICAGO & SAN DIEGO----June 26, 2006--With well over 30 million seniors, age 65 and older, signing up for prescription insurance through Medicare Part D, the subsequent changes in shopping behaviors are significantly impacting what's in the shopping basket as well as where seniors are choosing to shop.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Contradicts Itself on Delayed Medicare D Payments to Pharmacies by PBMs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
CMS, the agency that manages Medicare, is sending mixed messages on its intent to resolve pharmacy benefit managers' slow Medicare D payments to independent pharmacies. The Association of Community Pharmacists Congressional Network was perplexed to learn that after refusing to intervene in the matter, CMS senior advisor Larry Kocot asserted the agency has "basically remedied every complaint,