NABP e-News: December 11, 2008

December 11, 2008 12:00 AM

NABP Awards DMEPOS Accreditation to SUPERVALU PHARMACIES
NABP recently accredited SUPERVALU PHARMACIES^®, owned and operated by grocery retailer SUPERVALU INC, for its retail store pharmacy services through the Association’s durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) accreditation program. Read more in the December 9, 2008 NABP news release, available under News/Press on the NABP Web site. A full listing of DMEPOS-accredited pharmacies is available under Accreditation Programs on the NABP Web site.

FDA Teams With WebMD for New Online Consumer Health Information
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and WebMD have collaborated to expand patients’ access to FDA's health information. The partnership includes a new online patient health information resource on WebMD.com. This resource provides information on the safety of FDA-regulated products, how to report problems involving the safety of these products, FDA public health alerts, and FDA's Consumer Updates. FDA Consumer Updates also will be featured at least three times a year in the bimonthly WebMD The Magazine. The partnership is described in a Memorandum of Understanding, posted in the Federal Re gister [Docket No. FDA-2008-N-0043].

e-News Takes a Holiday
NABP e-News will not be published on December 24. The next issue of e-News will be released on January 7, 2009. Happy holidays and happy New Year to you and yours from NABP.

Clarification
In the November 12, 2008 edition of e-News, NABP reported that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services extended its deadline for prohibiting faxed prescriptions used by physicians who participate in Medicare until January 1, 2012. The article should have specified that the rule applies to eliminating the exemption for computer-generated faxed prescriptions.