Medication Management

CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co. here is partnering with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to help enroll lower-income individuals who are eligible for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit that takes effect Jan. 1, 2006.

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Negotiations this week between pharmacists at Chicago-area Walgreens drug stores and the Walgreen Co., based here, failed to result in a new agreement, meaning that the pharmacists' strike, which began July 6, will continue. Despite the strike, a sizable number of pharmacists are back on the job, although the two sides disagree on how many.