February 27, 2017 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, HHS secretary, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Community Pharmacists Association, Steve Anderson, Tom Price, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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WASHINGTON — Vowing to fix what he called a “broken health care system,” Rep. Tom Price (R., Ga.) was sworn in earlier this month as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retail pharmacy groups responded by welcoming Price to his new post as HHS secretary. “We congratulate Rep. Tom Price on
February 23, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, Capitol Counsel, independent community pharmacies, Karry La Violette, Kevin Schweers, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA, Scott Brunner, Stephanie DuBois
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association has made several staff appointments and enlisted a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm to augment its federal, state and media relations efforts. NCPA said Thursday that Kevin Schweers has been named as senior vice president of government and public affairs and director of the NCPA Advocacy Center. The
February 16, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Community Oncology Alliance, CVS Health, DIR fees, direct and indirect remuneration, H.R. 1038, Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act, Medicare Part D, Morgan Griffith, National Community Pharmacists Association, PBM industry, Peter Welch, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
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WASHINGTON — Reps. Morgan Griffith (R., Va.) and Peter Welch (D., Vt.) have reintroduced the Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act (H.R. 1038), which community pharmacies say would squelch a growing burden: retroactive direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees. The bill, introduced Wednesday in the House of Representatives, would ban the application
January 24, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
American Pharmacists Association, B. Douglas Hoey, Brett Guthrie, G.K. Butterfield, H.R. 592, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Community Pharmacists Association, Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act, pharmacy provider status, Ron Kind, S. 109, Steve Anderson, Thomas Menighan, Tom Reed
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WASHINGTON — Just about a week after being reintroduced in the Senate, the pharmacy provider status bill is now once again before the House of Representatives. Reps. Brett Guthrie (R., Ky.), G.K. Butterfield (D., N.C.), Ron Kind (D., Wis.) and Tom Reed (R., N.Y.) on Friday introduced the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act
January 13, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
American Pharmacists Association, B. Douglas Hoey, Bob Casey, Chuck Grassley, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Community Pharmacists Association, pharmacist provider status, Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement, S. 109, Sherrod Brown, Steve Anderson, Thomas Menighan
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WASHINGTON – Pharmacist provider status legislation is back before Congress, with the bipartisan co-sponsorship of more than a quarter of the Senate. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), Bob Casey (D., Penn.) and Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) on Thursday reintroduced the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act (S. 109) with its 27 original co-sponsors. A
January 12, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, Donald Trump, drug industry, drug pricing, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA, PBMs, pharmaceutical industry, pharmacy benefit managers, prescription drug prices
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Donald Trump briefly touched on the pharmaceutical industry in his first major press conference since being elected president. In the news conference yesterday at Trump Tower in Manhattan, Trump talked about drug companies relocating overseas and referred to the rising cost of pharmaceuticals. “We’ve got to get our drug industry back,” Trump said after discussing
January 12, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Andrew Cuomo, B. Douglas Hoey, costs of prescription drugs, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA, PCMA, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Gerhart, prescription drug prices, video
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(*Note: Go to 42:05 of video for Cuomo’s discussion of prescription drug costs.) ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled a three-pronged plan to check soaring prescription drug prices, which he called a “tremendous problem” for the state and its residents. In his 2017 State of the State address on Wednesday, Cuomo proposed
January 11, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
ACA repeal legislation, B. Douglas Hoey, health care reforms, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Medicaid reimbursement, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA, Orrin Hatch, repeal of the Affordable Care Act
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — With the Senate setting the stage for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the National Community Pharmacists Association has shared its views on a possible replacement of the health care law with congressional leaders. NCPA said Wednesday that it has sent a letter to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R.,
December 21, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, community pharmacists, Gallup’s Honesty and Integrity survey, NACDS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, National Community Pharmacists Association, pharmacists, Steve Anderson
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WASHINGTON — Americans continue to hold pharmacists in high regard, according to Gallup’s Honesty and Integrity survey. Of more than 1,000 U.S. adults that Gallup polled by phone, 67% rated pharmacists “very high/high” in honesty and ethics — second only to nurses, which again came out on top with 84% of respondents describing the nursing
December 13, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, Chris Loughlin, digital health, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA, RxWiki, RxWiki’s Digital Pharmacist
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association has entered a five-year agreement with digital health provider RxWiki Inc. NCPA said Tuesday that the pact extends an existing agreement with RxWiki and secures the association members’ benefits through 2021. With the extension, NCPA member pharmacies such benefits as an annual digital health check; a royalty-free
October 18, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
2016 NCPA Digest, Al Babbington, B. Douglas Hoey, Cardinal Health, independent community pharmacies, independent pharmacies, medication synchronization, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA's 2016 Annual Convention, PrescribeWellness, Simplify My Meds, Steve Lawrence
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NEW ORLEANS — Independent community pharmacists are branching out care beyond traditional pharmacy services as they take a more active role in their patients’ health, according to the National Community Pharmacists Association. The 2016 NCPA Digest, sponsored by Cardinal Health Inc. and released Tuesday at NCPA’s 2016 Annual Convention, shows how independent pharmacies are
September 13, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, DIR fees, H.R. 5951, Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA, S. 3308
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Congressional support continues to build for cracking down on direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees. The National Community Pharmacists Association said that four U.S. senators on Monday introduced a bill that would boost transparency in Medicare Part D drug spending and prohibit retroactive DIR fees. The Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare
September 8, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, DIR fees, H.R. 5951, Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association has endorsed new legislation designed to raise transparency and accuracy in Medicare Part D prescription drug spending and reporting. NCPA said the bill, the Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act (H.R. 5951), introduced Thursday, also would ban so-called direct and indirect remuneration (DIR)
July 20, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey, community pharmacists, independent pharmacies, Kurt Proctor, Mike McBride, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA, NCPA Innovation Center, Upsher-Smith
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association has created a new Innovation Center to provide resources to help independent pharmacies adapt to the fast-changing health care environment. NCPA said Tuesday that the Innovation Center will develop and offer programs to educate community pharmacists about emerging opportunities in the evolving health care market, as well