NACDS expressed support for, and provided further input, on CMS’ proposed rule, which involves issues including direct and indirect remuneration fees; e-prescribing; medication therapy management; opioid abuse; and fostering pharmacy access.
Designated by Forbes magazine as one of the "100 Greatest Living Business Minds," the author of Good to Great will speak during the Tuesday Business Program at the 2018 NACDS Annual meeting.
E-prescribing, opioid issues, medication therapy management, pharmacy access addressed by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Morning Consult published an op-ed co-authored by Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE, president and CEO of NACDS, and Gigi Kwik Gronvall, PhD., senior associate at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
The 19th Annual NACDS Foundation Dinner will feature remarks by Gretchen Carlson, one of the nation’s most successful and recognized news anchors, a best-selling author, and a tireless advocate for women in the workplace and for children’s health. The event will be held November 29, 2017, in New York City.
"NACDS appreciates the commitment of CMS Administrator Seema Verma and her colleagues in helping to lead the collaboration that will be necessary to address the opioid abuse epidemic."
A Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security study funded by NACDS found that pharmacies remain an untapped resource in the effort to curb the national opioid crisis, stem the spread of antibiotic resistance, and strengthen pandemic and emergency preparedness and response.
A new bipartisan bill, introduced by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), is consistent with NACDS’ recently-issued public policy recommendations.
NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE, issued a statement upon the release of a report of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis.
"We thank Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA), Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) for taking the lead on this letter, and we are also grateful to all those who signed it," said NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE.
