Pete Stern Archives

Celebrating Independent Pharmacy Champion Pete Stern – Part Three

November 14, 2019

With Currus CEO Pete Stern retiring at the end of this month, we take a look at some of the accomplishments the organization saw under his third decade of leadership (2009-2019) and hear about some of his plans for retirement. How had the pharmacy landscape changed for the organization heading into the new decade…

Celebrating Independent Pharmacy Champion Pete Stern – Part Two

October 17, 2019

With Currus CEO Pete Stern retiring next month, we take a look back at some of the accomplishments the organization saw under his second decade of leadership (2000-09). What were some of the goals of KPSC heading into the new millennium? In 1999, we had five goals. First, to keep expanding the number of…

Celebrating Independent Pharmacy Champion Pete Stern – Part One

September 17, 2019

With Currus CEO Pete Stern retiring this fall, we take a look back at what brought him to the world of pharmacy and some of the accomplishments the organization saw under his first decade of leadership (1990-99). Where are you from? I was born in Houston, Texas. What brought you to Kansas? I came…

No DIR Reform in CMS’ 2020 Final Drug Pricing Rule

May 17, 2019

Despite over 4,000 comments from pharmacists and organizations like Currus, NCPA, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), and others across the country encouraging change, CMS elected not to address DIR reform in their final 2020 drug pricing rule released on Thursday. CMS said in a statement that they “will continue to carefully review…

Currus Announces Upcoming Retirement of CEO Pete Stern

May 8, 2019

Today the Currus Board of Directors announces the upcoming retirement of our committed leader and CEO Pete Stern. We are very grateful that he has given so much energy and effort to help keep Kansas independent pharmacies strong for so many years. Pete started with Currus (Kansas Pharmacy Service Corporation at the time) in September…