NACDS Engages in HHS’ Inaugural Food is Medicine Summit
Highlights the role of chain pharmacies as leaders in health and wellness innovation for communities.
NACDS Offers Solutions to Congressional Committee Examining Healthcare Costs
PBM reform, access to pharmacist services, and value-based care are among the recommendations to the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
NACDS’ Steve Anderson to Speak at HHS Food Is Medicine Summit NACDS looks forward to participating in this inaugural event — which aligns with NACDS’ work to highlight community pharmacies as leaders in health and wellness innovation.
NACDS looks forward to participating in this inaugural event — which aligns with NACDS’ work to highlight community pharmacies as leaders in health and wellness innovation.
In Case You Missed It: Fourteen U.S. Senators Urge Federal Trade Commission to Complete 18-Month Study into PBM Middlemen
NACDS is applauding the Senators for sending a letter urging the Federal Trade Commission to “complete its investigation into the health care industry’s most powerful prescription drug middlemen.”
National Coalition Applauds 100 Bipartisan Lawmakers for Supporting Legislation to Ensure Senior Access to Pharmacist Services
Future of Pharmacy Care Coalition Urges 118th Congress to Enact H.R. 1770 to Protect Medicare Beneficiaries from the Harms of COVID-19, Flu, RSV & Other Infectious Diseases.
NACDS Lauds CMS Letter Challenging PBM and Health Plan Tactics That “Threaten the Sustainability of Many Pharmacies, Impede Access to Care, and Put Increased Burden on Health Care Providers”
A letter released by CMS today states: “We urge plans and PBMs to engage in sustainable and fair practices with all pharmacies – not just pharmacies owned by PBMs – and we are closely monitoring plan compliance with CMS network adequacy standards and other requirements.”
NACDS Praises House Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Help Deliver Essential PBM Reforms in Medicaid
House passage of Lower Costs, More Transparency Act includes important aspects of PBM reform in the Medicaid program; demonstrates the strong bipartisan commitment that exists to confront the harmful PBM tactics that threaten people and the pharmacies serving them.
For Americans’ Access to Pharmacy Services, NACDS Defines 2023 Victories and 2024 Needs
Among key progress, 41 states now permanently allow pharmacy technicians to vaccinate – up from 14 states in September 2021
NACDS Highlights 2023 Progress, Looks to the Future in CDR Health Care Outlook Column
Looking ahead to 2024, NACDS remains well positioned through its focus on its true identity. NACDS is the membership, and NACDS executes aggressively on the collective and collaborative will of the membership.
NACDS Lauds House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Passage of More PBM Reforms
NACDS continues to call for urgent enactment of real PBM reform, which at the federal level must include Americans on Medicare and Medicaid and their pharmacies.
