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  • NCPA joined by more than 100 health organizations lobbying against DIRs

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. — All told, as many as 118 healthcare organizations have signed letters supporting legislation that would prohibit retroactive pharmacy direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees in the Medicare Part D program.

    The support is up significantly from last year, when more than 95 health care organizations signaled their support in similar letters to the House and Senate last September.

  • NACDS, NCPA join state pharmacy association in suit contesting ‘flawed’ Medicaid rule

    OLYMPIA, Wash. — The retail pharmacy industry is pursuing legal action against Washington state over a “substantively and procedurally flawed” rule  that would pay pharmacies below the actual cost to dispense Medicaid prescriptions.

    The National Association of Chain Drug Stores joined the Washington State Pharmacy Association and the National Community Pharmacists Association in preventing a rule that would jeopardize patient access to their medications, the associations said.

  • NCPA partners with PRS Pharmacy Services on pharmacy broker offering

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association on Thursday announced a new strategic partnership with the PRS Pharmacy Services around an exclusive pharmacy Seller/Buyer Offering Plan for the 22,000 independent community pharmacies NCPA represents.

  • Perrigo EVP and president re-elected to chair CHPA board

    WASHINGTON — The Consumer Healthcare Products Association on Wednesday elected . Jeffrey Needham, EVP and president, U.S. consumer healthcare at Perrigo Company, to continue to serve as the association’s board chairman.

    “CHPA benefits from a highly engaged board of directors, led by its chair, Jeff Needham,” stated Scott Melville, CHPA president and CEO. “The board members provide steady leadership and strategic direction during what are challenging times for healthcare in America.”

  • NCPA announces 'Pharmacy Fly-In' dates to address Congress

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association on Tuesday announced it will hold its 2017 Congressional Pharmacy Fly-In April 26-27, when hundreds of community pharmacists will visit the nation’s capital to advocate for community pharmacy and their patients.

  • Legislation to expose PBM rebates filed in Senate

    WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., on Wednesday introduced legislation that would, for the first time, require Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Medicare to disclose their aggregate rebates provided by drug manufacturers, as well as the amount of those rebates that are passed on to health plans, therefore lowering prices for people who need prescription drugs.

  • Upsher-Smith, NASPA name annual Excellence in Innovation award winners

    MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — Upsher-Smith Laboratories, National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations and state pharmacy associations recognized more than 40 pharmacists across the country with the 2016 NASPA Excellence in Innovation Award. The award is presented every year to pharmacists for their contribution to the pharmacy profession.
     

  • NACDS CEO promotes ‘access agenda’ in political newspaper

    ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores positioned pharmacy patient care and collaboration across healthcare segments as vital to improving health and wellness nationwide. The column reflects NACDS’ “Access Agenda,” which reflects pharmacy’s collaborative approach to patient care and to public policy development, and is penned by NACDS president and CEO Steve Anderson.

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