Advocacy

Trump outlines plan to lower drug prices
The industry is responding favorably to President Donald Trump's plan to lower drug prices by focusing on increasing competition, improving negotiating tools, incentivizing lower list prices and lowering out-of-pocket costs.
E-prescribing bills have banner week
On Capitol Hill, the Every Prescription Conveyed Securely Act cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and in Tennessee, Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill into law that will require e-prescribing for controlled substances on or after Jan. 1, 2020.

Walmart augments opioid abuse prevention efforts

The Bentonville, Ark.-based company’s main effort will be limiting initial opioid prescriptions for acute conditions to no more than a seven-day supply, with a daily 50-morphine-mg-equivalent maximum.
H-E-B’s Otto brings insights to World Health Congress

H-E-B COO and former NACDS chairman Martin Otto participated in a keynote panel at the World Healthcare Congress, in which he discussed high healthcare spending as a barrier to improved patient health over time.
AmerisourceBergen Foundation launches Opioid Resource Grant Program

To oversee the grantmaking process, the foundation said it created an External Advisory Committee whose members include key stakeholders and thought leaders.
Fostering connections

NACDS RxIMPACT Day on Capitol Hill — held March 8 to 9 in Washington, D.C. — relates directly to many of the topics that will be addressed at the 2018 NACDS Annual Meeting, perhaps in some surprising ways, according to NACDS' Steve Anderson
CVS Health expands Ohio medication disposal

The 28 medication disposal units in Ohio CVS Pharmacy locations join the 33 that CVS Health had donated to police departments in the Buckeye State.
NACDS Foundation supports March of Dimes gala

Besides its sponsorship of the annual gala, the NACDS Foundation worked with March of Dimes during flu season to raise awareness of flu prevention strategies through a radio media tour.
NACDS tells House committee how pharmacy can fight opioid abuse

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores offered recommendations to a recent House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting aimed at finding legislative fixes to the opioid crisis that can be used in Medicare and Medicaid.
CVS Health unveils Rx cost-saving initiative

The centerpiece of the effort is the CVS Pharmacy Rx Savings Finder, which CVS Health said would enable the company’s 30,000 pharmacists to check for prescription savings opportunities right at the counter.

Trump outlines plan to lower drug prices

E-prescribing bills have banner week

Walmart augments opioid abuse prevention efforts

H-E-B’s Otto brings insights to World Health Congress

AmerisourceBergen Foundation launches Opioid Resource Grant Program

Fostering connections

CVS Health expands Ohio medication disposal

NACDS Foundation supports March of Dimes gala

NACDS tells House committee how pharmacy can fight opioid abuse

CVS Health unveils Rx cost-saving initiative