Case Study: Advanced Care Provider Network

FDS Engage Case Study - Advanced Care Provider Network
How Advanced Care Provider Network used FDS ENGAGE to go from time-consuming manual processes to smart, automated medication synchronization success   Located about 45 minutes west of Ann Arbor in Jackson, Michigan is the headquarters of Advanced Care Provider Network. What started out as a single corner drug store in 1959 has now expanded to
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Battling Opioid Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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When: Thursday, October 29, 2020  |  1:00 – 1:30 PM EDT More than 40 states have reported increases in opioid-related deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dealing with addiction is hard enough; multiply that by the stresses of 2020, and it’s not hard to understand why narcotics overdoses are on the rise. As community pharmacists, what
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Relief in Action: 3 Things You Can Do Right Now to Improve Outcomes During the Pandemic

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When: Wednesday, October 28, 2020  |  1:00 – 1:30 PM EDT For months now, we’ve been at the mercy of the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses have been forced to adapt or close up shop. People have had to change their routines and isolate from loved ones. Jobs have been lost. Lives have been changed. We could
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CBD & Your Pharmacy: Should You Stock CBD Products?

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Has a patient ever asked if you carry CBD products? We’re willing to bet they have — or they’ve at least thought about it. Since 2018, CBD has been on the rise, showing up everywhere from retail pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens to specialty stores and even gas stations. There are a lot of questions
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FDS & Amplicare Launch Navigate Online Enrollment Platform

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New digital technology empowers pharmacists to improve the shopping experience for Medicare beneficiaries during Medicare’s annual Open Enrollment Period   FORT WORTH, TX. and NEW YORK – Oct. 7, 2020 – FDS, a leading pharmacy technology company, and its subsidiary Amplicare, a provider of a decision-automation platform for healthcare providers, today announced the availability of
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On Pharmacy Claims: Why Balancing the Books Should Matter to Today’s Pharmacist

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Few things are worse than checking your balance and seeing a lower number than you expect. Two decades ago, the NCPA filed a report on the differences between amounts approved and amounts paid to independent pharmacies by third-party payers. They found that when there was a difference, the pharmacy lost an average of $20 per
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The COVID-19 Vaccine: What We Know, What We Suspect, and What We Can’t Predict

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Original Webcast: Thursday, September 24, 2020 » 1:00-1:30 PM EDT Multiple pharmaceutical companies are hard at work on a COVID-19 vaccine. Some even claim that they will have their first supplies available as early as October. Will that be the beginning of the end for this virus? We don’t know. The COVID-19 vaccine is the
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Immunization Changes & How They Affect Your Pharmacy

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Original webcast: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 @ 1:00 PM EDT Pharmacies have been offering immunization services for years, but 2020 is changing things. And, for what seems like the first time this year, the changes are actually good. In the last few weeks, the Department of Health and Human Services has expanded what vaccines pharmacies
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FDS and Amplicare Announce Strategic Pharmacy Software Merger

FDS Amplicare Pharmacy Software Merger
Two Leading Pharmacy Software Companies Join Forces to Empower Retail Pharmacies with Best-In-Class Software Solutions, Helping Further Pharmacists’ Roles as Critical Healthcare Providers FORT WORTH, Texas (September 2, 2020) — Today, pharmacy software providers FDS, Inc. and Amplicare announced a strategic merger as an unprecedented move to support the acceleration of pharmacies as essential healthcare providers.
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State of the Industry: The Increasing Importance of Medical Billing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Original Webcast: Thursday, August 27, 2020 @ 1:00 PM EDT Historically, pharmacists have looked at clinical care services as a way of both improving care for their patients and creating a new revenue stream for their business. While most still relied primarily on dispensing to pay the bills, they looked forward to being able to
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