Shifting Focus: Moving from Dispensing to Clinical Care Services

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Community pharmacies are evolving. In his webinar “Care Planning: The Key to Thriving and Surviving,” Mark McCurdy, RPh, said “Don’t try to fit clinical care into your dispensing schedule. Fit dispensing into your clinical care schedule.” Why would he put so much emphasis on clinical care? Because that’s the future of pharmacy. Diversifying to Survive
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FDS Client Featured in DrugTopics “A Look Ahead” Article

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Recently, popular pharmacy publication DrugTopics published an article detailing upcoming pharmacy trends and predictions for the coming year. The article, titled “A Look Ahead: What to Expect from the Pharmacy Landscape in 2020,” features a quote from notable FDS client and CPESN Luminary Ben McNabb, PharmD. McNabb focused on the expanding role of pharmacists in
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Patient-Centered Care: How to Differentiate Your Pharmacy from Big Box Stores

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Convenience has become a cornerstone of our lives. Entire industries have been built on our desire for more convenience. Why spend hours cooking a meal when you can eat out? Why wait for your food at a sit-down restaurant when you can just grab fast food? Why go out to get fast food when you
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Medical Billing Solution Must Haves for Every Pharmacist

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Clinical care in pharmacies is hardly a new thing. Pharmacists have been providing care beyond filling prescriptions for as long as the profession has existed. But getting compensated for that care? That’s a recent development. And in order to get paid for providing that care, pharmacies must utilize some kind of medical billing solution.  
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FDS Introduces New Comprehensive Medical Billing Solution, Provides New Revenue Opportunities for Community Pharmacies

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FORT WORTH, November 12, 2019 — FDS, Inc., the leading provider of population health and financial analytics for community pharmacies, recently announced the launch of FDS MedBill, an affordable and comprehensive medical billing solution. FDS MedBill opens a new revenue stream for independent pharmacies. It enables and optimizes reimbursements for any medical services they provide,
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3 Characteristics of a New Era Pharmacy

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In pharmacy, as with most industries, the ones who are successful are the ones who are mindful of the future. So what is the future of pharmacy? While there are different ideas about where the pharmacy industry is heading, most agree that it is changing. Soon, simply filling prescriptions will not be enough to keep
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FDS, Inc. & “New Era Pharmacy” Featured in July Pharmacy Times Article

The idea of the “New Era Pharmacy” is gaining traction. In a recent article in Pharmacy Times, assistant editor Jennifer Nessel explains a recent shift in pharmacy revenue. Reimbursement is shifting from the standard fill-and-bill model to a value-based system.”However,” she adds, “the transition between these two means of revenue is often confusing and frustrating
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