Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation Archives - CDR

Patients, not PBMs, should choose pharmacy

January 15, 2018 by Chain Drug Review B. Douglas Hoey, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS-4182-P Medicare Program, community pharmacies, DIR fees, Medicare Part D, National Community Pharmacists Association, NCPA, PBM business model, pharmacy benefit managers 2018, Issue 01-15-2018, Issues, Opinion

WASHINGTON — In recent testimony before the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) chief executive officer B. Douglas Hoey said pharmacists can drive better health outcomes and reduce costs, but first pharmacy benefit managers’ problematic business practices must be addressed through legislative and regulatory channels. As an

Lawmakers see pharmacists as pillar of MTM

January 4, 2016 by Scot Meyer and Chain Drug Review Medicare, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Enhanced MTM Demonstration, Medicare Part D enhanced MTM model, medication therapy management, MTM, NACDS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Steve Anderson 2016, Issue 01-04-2016, Issues, News

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of congressional representatives is urging that retail pharmacists play a part in a new initiative designed to improve the use of medication therapy management in Medicare. Forty-four members of the House of Representatives — 24 Republicans and 20 Democrats — signed a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services