NACDS Welcomes Major New Pennsylvania Law Protecting Patients’ Pharmacy Access
HB 1993 includes important PBM reforms and protections for Pennsylvania families’ access to pharmacies for important services.
In Case You Missed It: Roundup of the Latest in Health and Wellness Innovation at NACDS
NACDS’ Nourish Ny Health initiative, a newly released Milken Institute Action Plan, and a Leavitt Partners report on pharmacy data interoperability are among the latest.
NACDS: Initial Findings of FTC’s PBM Study Demand Action
NACDS: “The Congress and states need no further validation for their bipartisan work to immediately confront pharmaceutical benefit manipulation that is devastating Americans, communities, and pharmacies of all sizes”
NACDS: “These harms are experienced brutally by pharmacies of diverse sizes and formats, including independents and chains, that do not receive preferential treatment from their vertically integrated plans and PBMs”
In Case You Missed It: NACDS Fighting for PBM Reform in Massachusetts
“Now is the time for Massachusetts to stop pharmaceutical benefit manipulation from inflating Bay Staters’ prescription drug prices and from jeopardizing access to trusted pharmacies and needed medications”
“Confronting the PBMs’ self-enriching tactics requires state and federal legislators and policymakers to do their part”
NACDS Welcomes New Louisiana Law Expanding Patient Access to HIV Prevention Services
HB 579 will improve critical community access to care by enabling pharmacists to dispense HIV pre-exposure (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP); becomes effective on August 1, 2024
NACDS Spotlights Member Pharmacies’ Commitment to Men’s Health Month as Part of NACDS Nourish My Health Public Education Campaign
Social campaign highlights member efforts to prioritize men’s health
NACDS Applauds Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden for Calling on CMS to Rein in PBM Middlemen
Wyden letter urges Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to “conduct immediate oversight and rigorous regulatory enforcement of specific Medicare Part D program requirements for plan sponsors and their PBMs.”
NACDS also is urging Congress to enact in the 118th Congress PBM reforms in Medicare, Medicaid and the commercial markets: all levels and branches of government must do their jobs.
At Massachusetts State House, NACDS Calls for PBM Reform Now
“Confronting the PBMs’ self-enriching tactics requires state and federal legislators and policymakers to do their part.”
New York Times PBM Article: A Fuel Injector for Reform
On Friday, June 21, the New York Times published online “the first article in a series about how pharmacy benefit managers prioritize their interests, often at the expense of patients, employers and taxpayers.”
“Must-Read and Must-Act Article”
The New York Times publishes first article in a series: “The Middlemen: The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs; Pharmacy benefit managers are driving up drug costs for millions of people, employers, and the government.”
