Senate HELP Committee

Surgeon General, senator extend kudos to CVS

November 20, 2017 by Chain Drug Review CVS Health, CVS removed tobacco products, CVS' tobacco decision, Encouraging Healthy Communities: Perspective from the Surgeon General, Senate HELP Committee, Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, video Videos

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) hailed CVS Health’s efforts to cut tobacco use in a recent hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. The session, titled “Encouraging Healthy Communities: Perspective from the Surgeon General” and held last week, focused on furthering public wellness and

Senate hearing scrutinizes prescription drug costs

October 17, 2017 by Chain Drug Review Cost of Prescription Drugs: How the Delivery System Affects What Patients Pay, DIR fees, H.R. 1038, Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Drug Spending Act, Mark Merritt, National Community Pharmacists Association, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, pharmacy benefit managers, prescription drug costs, S. 413, Senate HELP Committee, Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WASHINGTON — Pharmacy benefit managers are a key focus of debate about elevated drug pricing that has come before a U.S. Senate committee. The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) called for PBM reform in written testimony submitted to a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing