NCPA applauds legislation that will boost PBM oversight in Mississippi

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A group representing the nation's community pharmacies has applauded legislation introduced in Mississippi that will increase oversight over pharmacy benefit managers.

The National Community Pharmacists Association lauded Mississippi S.B. 2445 and expressed its support of the bill in a letter to state legislators. The bill, NCPA EVP and CEO Kathleen Jaeger said, "would end the special treatment for out-of-state, mail-order pharmacies and put local Mississippi pharmacists first."

NCPA noted that there are 441 independent community pharmacies serving patients and employing nearly 5,000 people in Mississippi.

Click here to view the letter.