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NCPA praises N.Y. testing pilot including independent community pharmacies

May 22, 2020 by Chain Drug Review chief executive officer B. Douglas Hoey, COVID-19 testing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, NCPA Leading Headlines, Pharmacy

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — During his daily press conference on the coronavirus pandemic, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a COVID-19 testing pilot program that will involve independent pharmacies and have the goal of conducting 7,000 tests per week. The pilot is coordinating with the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York and with the state’s network of CPESN clinically integrated pharmacies. The National Community Pharmacists Association,

NCPA lauds N.Y. Gov. Cuomo for authorizing independent pharmacies to serve as COVID-19 test centers

April 26, 2020 by Chain Drug Review B. Douglas Hoey, COVID-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, NCPA Leading Headlines, Pharmacy

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association, which represents over 21,000 independent pharmacies across the country, issued the following statement on behalf of CEO B. Douglas Hoey in response to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order authorizing New York’s small business independent pharmacies to serve as COVID-19 testing collection centers: “We are deeply

NCPA stands with NY patients, pharmacists after Cuomo veto

December 27, 2019 by Chain Drug Review B. Douglas Hoey, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, superintendent of insurance licensing and regulatory authority over PBMs, The National Community Pharmacists Association Leading Headlines, Pharmacy

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Despite aggressive advocacy efforts by state-based pharmacy organizations and individual New York pharmacists, Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week vetoed legislation to help to rein in costly pharmacy benefit manager practices by giving the superintendent of insurance licensing and regulatory authority over PBMs. This regulatory authority would put an end to the lack

Cuomo wants to ban cigarette sales in pharmacies in New York State

January 14, 2019 by Chain Drug Review e-cigarettes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, sale of tobacco products Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

NEW YORK – The minimum age to purchase tobacco and e-cigarette products in will be set at 21 and new regulations for the sale of e-cigarettes would be introduced if a provision in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal is approved. The proposal would also end the sale of tobacco and e-cigarette products in pharmacies in