NACDS is calling attention to a new policy paper published by the Global Healthy Living Foundation and authored by Robert Popovian, PharmD, MS, Founder, Conquest Advisors, and GHLF’s Chief Science Policy Officer.
NACDS President and CEO Steven C. Anderson relayed recommendations in a statement for the record of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s hearing today on “Rural Healthcare: Supporting Lives and Improving Communities.”
Kentuckians rank pharmacies as most accessible healthcare destination.
NACDS urges “PBM Reform Now” on a full array of bipartisan reforms advanced by key Congressional committees.
NACDS is urging lawmakers, HHS, CMS and other stakeholders to take action to help ensure affordable, high-quality and uninterrupted access to healthcare for Americans – including swift enactment of PBM reforms in Medicaid and Medicare.
NACDS is applauding the enactment of Oregon House Bill (HB) 4149. HB 4149 will provide the state with enforcement authority, requiring pharmacy benefit managers to be licensed by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services beginning January 1, 2025.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study reveals new data related to Federal Retail Pharmacy Program contributions to bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccinations; underscores scalability of pharmacy-based services for future public health emergencies.
HB 596 includes important reforms that will help curb PBM tactics that harm Idahoans and the pharmacies on which they rely.
SB 5213 will provide protections for patient care and for patients’ choice of pharmacy, as well as enforcement authority for the Washington State Insurance Commissioner to hold PBMs accountable.
Watch the newly released one-minute summary of NACDS’ March 14 press conference to support the enactment of federal PBM reform legislation, without delay.
