NCPA and Arkansas Pharmacists Join Legal Fight to Preserve Law Barring Companies from Operating PBMs and Pharmacies in the StateLandmark law eliminates obvious conflict of interest that leads to PBMs steering patients and rigging reimbursements for their own pharmacies
APA, NCPA Cheer First-Of-Its-Kind State Law Banning PBMs from Owning PharmaciesArkansas HB 1150 a model for other states, federal government, organizations say
New Analysis Finds the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program Threatens Financial Stability of American Pharmacies
Today, the National Community Pharmacists Association released a first-of-its-kind analysis, Unpacking the Financial Impacts of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation, conducted by 3 Axis Advisors. The report concludes that the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDPNP) exposes small and independent pharmacies to significant financial risk, potentially disrupting seniors’ access to essential medications and services.
NCPA: We’re on the Verge of Groundbreaking PBM ReformsBut Congress must ignore big insurance and the PBM lobby’s last-ditch effort to scuttle reforms and pass the continuing resolution
Scathing FTC Interim Report on PBMs Warrants Further Investigations, Immediate Action by Policymakers and RegulatorsInvestigation confirms massive middlemen employ tactics like steering, inflated costs, low reimbursements, harmful contractual terms, etc., that hurt patients and independent pharmacies
Local Pharmacies on the Brink, New Survey RevealsCongress and the administration still have time (NOT MUCH) to act
National Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Favor Strong PBM ReformMost voters don’t know much about PBMs, but what little they know concerns them, new NCPA/Morning Consult survey shows
NCPA to DOD: Express Scripts Jeopardizing Tricare Patients’ Pharmacy AccessAlexandria, Va., Oct. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recent Express Scripts decisions to eliminate the option for Tricare beneficiaries to obtain their prescriptions at their pharmacy of choice should be rectified to ensure their continued access to needed medications, the National Community Pharmacists Association emphasized Tuesday to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. This appeal follows significant outreach from NCPA to agency officials to understand how they intend to take care of beneficiaries’ medication needs, to inform Department of Defense and the Defense Health Agency of what community pharmacy owners are reporting on these issues, and to work to protect pharmacy access for those who serve or have served in the armed forces.
