H.R. 1939 Archives - CDR – Chain Drug Review

NCPA backs legislation to bolster Medicare

May 22, 2017 by Chain Drug Review Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H.R. 1038, H.R. 1316, H.R. 1939, H.R. 592, independent community pharmacies, Medicare, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association urged leaders in the House of Representatives to enact a slate of bills that would foster access to pharmacy services in Medicare. NCPA said Monday that it submitted comments for a House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on Medicare and offered suggestions to enhance the program

NCPA backs bill to boost preferred Rx network access

April 7, 2017 by Chain Drug Review B. Douglas Hoey, Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017, H.R. 1939, Morgan Griffith, National Community Pharmacists Association, Peter Welch, preferred pharmacy networks Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association has endorsed legislation to foster pharmacy participation in preferred networks in Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. NCPA said the Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies Act of 2017 (H.R. 1939), introduced by Reps. Morgan Griffith (R., Va.) and Peter Welch (D., Vt.), would enable pharmacies in