60 Plus – the American Association of Senior Citizens – Urges U.S. Congress: Deliver PBM Reform for All Patients and for All Pharmacies
“Seniors are watching closely to ensure that PBM reform includes patients on Medicare – and Medicaid”
In New Ad Campaign, NACDS Calls on U.S. Congress to Pass “REAL REFORM” to Stop PBM Tactics Threatening Americans and Pharmacies
Pharmacists to Lawmakers: “If all patients don't benefit … it's not real reform.”
NACDS Offers Recommendations to U.S. House Budget Committee’s Health Care Task Force for Improving Patient Outcomes, Reducing Health Spending
Comments highlight need to advance bipartisan Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (H.R. 1770/S. 2477); include pharmacists and pharmacies in CMS Innovation Center’s ongoing work to develop value-based care models; and support meaningful PBM reforms in Medicare and Medicaid to protect patient access to pharmacy services
NACDS Presses for PBM Reform in U.S. Congress and in New York State – With National Implications
NACDS’ all-levels and all-branches of government approach to PBM reform prioritizes the enactment, implementation, enforcement, and oversight of reforms.
NACDS Praises Senate Finance Committee’s Bipartisan Press Toward “Real PBM Reform”
Emphasizes that Congressional action needs to address the needs of Americans on Medicare and Medicaid and their pharmacies, and lauds Committee’s commitment
NACDS Commends House Oversight and Accountability Committee for Continued Push to Stop ‘Pharmaceutical Benefit Manipulation’ by PBM Middlemen
Oversight hearing “will examine pricing tactics deployed by [PBMs] to enrich themselves at the expense of patients across the country”.
Fruth Pharmacy Welcomes U.S. Sen. Manchin’s Staff
NACDS conveys appreciation and respect to Sen. Manchin’s staff and to the Fruth Pharmacy team for an impactful pharmacy visit.
“Innovation Abounds” with Retailer-Supplier Collaboration at NACDS Total Store Expo, as Leaders Mark NACDS’ 90th Year NACDS Chair Mike Wysong: “The NACDS Total Store Expo continues to reimagine ‘what could be’ and to foster innovation by bringing together the right people, at the right time, in the right setting.”
NACDS leadership welcomed NACDS-member retailers and suppliers to San Diego, CA, for the NACDS Total Store Expo — the third conference in the 2023 calendar of NACDS events celebrating the Association’s 90th Anniversary Year.
NACDS Applauds Sen. Crapo’s Bipartisan Approach to Reducing Patients’ Drug Costs and Protecting Their Freedom of Pharmacy Leadership role on a key committee helps to confront “pharmaceutical benefit manipulation” by “PBM” middlemen
Sen. Crapo is leading a press conference in Twin Falls, ID, on addressing PBM practices that have grown increasingly complex and opaque in recent years at the expense of patients and taxpayers.
NACDS Praises Senate Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation Helping to Preserve Medicare Pharmacy Access
NACDS is applauding today the introduction of bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate (S. 2477 - the Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act) that would help maintain the post-pandemic pharmacy access that Americans rely on and expect.
