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NACDS D.C. Fly-In Event Centers on Future of Patient Access Pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform; comprehensive direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fee reform; and sustaining patient access to vaccinations, testing, and treatment among key topics at the February 28-March 1 program

admin2023-03-03T12:29:04-05:00Categories: Press Release|Tags: Congress, DIR, Preparedness, Reimbursement, RxIMPACT, Vaccinations|

Pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform; comprehensive direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fee reform; and sustaining patient access to vaccinations, testing, and treatment among key topics at the February 28-March 1 program.

NACDS Praises New Congressional Investigation of PBMs U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee expands bipartisan Congressional push to stop pharmaceutical benefit manipulation by middlemen

admin2023-03-02T08:36:26-05:00Categories: Press Release|Tags: Congress, DIR, PBM, Reimbursement|

U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Committee expands bipartisan Congressional push to stop pharmaceutical benefit manipulation by middlemen.

NACDS Defines “PBM Reform” for Senate Hearing Statement outlines specific solutions to patient-manipulation by “PBMs”

admin2023-02-16T08:00:35-05:00Categories: Press Release|Tags: Congress, DIR, Medicare, PBM, Reimbursement|

Statement outlines specific solutions to patient-manipulation by “PBMs”.

NACDS to CMS: Finish the Job of DIR Fee Reform NACDS stands up for seniors and pharmacies in comments on Medicare proposed rule

admin2023-02-14T14:36:47-05:00Categories: Press Release|Tags: CMS, DIR, Medicare, Reimbursement|

NACDS stands up for seniors and pharmacies in comments on Medicare proposed rule.

NACDS Statement in Response to State of the Union Address

admin2023-02-08T09:51:29-05:00Categories: Press Release|Tags: DIR, PBM, Pharmacy_Value, Preparedness, Reimbursement, Vaccinations|

While we all want to move on from COVID-19, doing so should not mean leaving behind millions of Americans who have relied on their trusted, local pharmacies for testing, vaccinations, and care during the pandemic.

2023 NACDS Regional Chain Conference: It’s Time to Return, Reimagine, Reinvent Event opens NACDS’ 90th anniversary celebration; brings together pharmacy chains with between four and 250 locations and their supplier partners

sanderson2023-01-30T12:23:19-05:00Categories: Press Release|Tags: Conferences, DIR, PBM, Pharmacy_Value, Regional_Chain_Conference, Reimbursement|

Event opens NACDS’ 90th anniversary celebration; brings together pharmacy chains with between four and 250 locations and their supplier partners.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: FL Media Cite NACDS Widely on Gov. DeSantis’ PBM Reform Proposal NACDS’ engagement leverages bipartisan momentum for pro-patient, pro-pharmacy PBM reform at state and federal levels

admin2023-01-20T12:50:14-05:00Categories: In Case You Missed It|Tags: DIR, PBM, Reimbursement, States|

NACDS’ engagement leverages bipartisan momentum for pro-patient, pro-pharmacy PBM reform at state and federal levels.

NACDS Thanks FL Gov. DeSantis for “PBM Reform” Leadership and Commitment NACDS: Floridians, all Americans deserve better than the current “pharmaceutical benefit manipulation”

admin2023-01-12T12:11:38-05:00Categories: Press Release|Tags: DIR, PBM, Reimbursement, States|

NACDS: Floridians, all Americans deserve better than the current “pharmaceutical benefit manipulation”

In Case You Missed It: NACDS Health Care Outlook 2023 in Chain Drug Review

admin2023-01-10T15:14:39-05:00Categories: In Case You Missed It|Tags: Congress, NACDS, Pharmacy_Value, Preparedness, Reimbursement, States, Vaccinations|

The NACDS-authored column previews the policy outlook for the coming year — and what lies ahead for the future of the industry.

Rutledge Anniversary Spurs Bipartisan Push to Help Patients, End PBM Manipulation December 10 is two-year anniversary of U.S. Supreme Court’s Rutledge decision

admin2022-12-08T15:16:39-05:00Categories: Press Release|Tags: Legal, PBM, Reimbursement|

It is a two-year anniversary that patients and pharmacies can appreciate. With a unanimous decision on December 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Arkansas law that confronts the damaging tactics of prescription-drug middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). NACDS had submitted an amicus brief in this case, Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA).

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