NACDS Hails Enactment of Iowa Bill Supporting Patients’ Access to Essential Pharmacist Services
Iowans rank pharmacies as most accessible healthcare destination.
Iowans rank pharmacies as most accessible healthcare destination.
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.
In first remarks, Host talks next generation of pharmacies, diverse NACDS members’ role in revolutionizing the way people receive care.
NACDS leadership and guest speakers reflect Association’s strength amid exponential change.
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.
NACDS joins a long list of dedicated Accountable Care Action Collaborative members working together to transform the accountable care landscape beyond payment reform.
NACDS.org caught up this week with past NACDS Chair Colleen Lindholz, president of Kroger Health, The Kroger Co., to discuss the company’s outstanding engagement in myriad NACDS RxIMPACT grassroots programs, including the recent March fly-in event on Capitol Hill.
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.