Urges Congress to pass legislation to reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs and to prevent pharmacy closures jeopardizing patient access.
New law empowers pharmacists to optimize patient-centered care models, advance access to immunizations, essential medications and more.
New law authorizes pharmacists and pharmacy interns to administer COVID vaccines to individuals seven years of age and older and to order and administer COVID tests; allows pharmacists and pharmacy interns to administer all immunizations to individuals 13 years of age and older; updates the law to provide more opportunities for pharmacy technician trainees.
Kathleen D. Jaeger has been named today to the position of Executive Vice President of Health and Wellness, Strategy, and External Relations at the start-up company All Sober; and she will also serve as President of the All Sober Foundation, effective June 2, 2021.
New laws increase pharmacy technician-to-pharmacist ratio; allow Georgia pharmacists to order and administer COVID testing following the Federal State of Emergency; permit Georgia pharmacists the ability to administer all ACIP-approved adult vaccinations.
New law vital for the viability of community pharmacies and to help ensure access to patient care in Alabama.
As the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Health Subcommittee pursues drug-pricing reform, NACDS also pledges to work with Congress for policies that would not further undermine or complicate pharmacy reimbursement in the Part D program nor potentially harm patients’ access to affordable care
Pharmacy groups file complaint, urge federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reverse the approval of a state plan that unlawfully reimburses pharmacies below the actual cost of dispensing prescriptions to Medicaid patients.
During the Business Program on the third and final day of the virtual 2021 NACDS Annual Meeting, NACDS recognized NACDS Past Chairman Larry J. Merlo, president and CEO (2011-2021), CVS Health, with chain pharmacy’s highest honor: the Sheldon W. Fantle Lifetime Achievement Award.
Kroger Health’s Colleen Lindholz Elected Chair of the Board.
