November 17, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
NCPA
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pharmacy organizations are applauding a decision by the Eighth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals today that supports North Dakota’s right to regulate pharmacy benefit managers. The case, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Wehbi, is the first to consider at the federal appellate level the scope of the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision last year in Rutledge
November 17, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
NCPA
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – National Community Pharmacists Association member Jonathan Grider will be serving on an expert panel of witnesses for a congressional forum today focusing on the role of pharmacy benefit managers in increasing drug prices. Grider is a third-generation pharmacist and owner of Lake Cumberland Pharmacy, which has two locations in Russell Springs, Ky.
November 15, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
NCPA
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Registration is now open for the National Community Pharmacists Association’s upcoming Multiple Locations Conference, which will be held Feb. 23-26, 2022, in Clearwater, Fla. The Multiple Locations Conference offers one-of-a-kind sessions that facilitate peer-to-peer problem solving and opportunity sharing to meet the unique needs of those who own – or aspire to own
November 10, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey is chief executive officer of the National Community Pharmacists Association., NCPA
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A new survey of independent pharmacists released by the National Community Pharmacists Association finds that while the majority of independent pharmacy owners/managers are struggling to fill staff positions and deal with supply chain disruptions, market pressures like pharmacy benefit manager direct and indirect remuneration fees and vertical integration continue to be their
November 5, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey is chief executive officer of the National Community Pharmacists Association., NCPA
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Ahead of expected congressional action on government spending legislation, the National Community Pharmacists Association is expressing disappointment that the House version of the reconciliation bill leaves out provisions to eliminate pharmacy benefit manager retroactive Medicare Part D pharmacy direct and indirect remuneration fees and PBM spread pricing games in Medicaid managed care
October 20, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
NCPA, Oklahoma House Insurance Committee
Pharmacy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Matthew Magner, director of State Government Affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association, testified on the need for pharmacy benefit manager reform on Tuesday during an interim study virtual meeting held before the Oklahoma House Insurance Committee. The committee is studying issues related to SB 821, a bill that would have addressed
October 20, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
NCPA, Pathways to Pharmacy Ownership
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association is partnering with the Minority Pharmacist Entrepreneur Conference to launch Pathways to Pharmacy Ownership, a new initiative between the two organizations that encourages and supports independent pharmacy ownership among minority pharmacists. Pathways is a year-long application-based program where selected pharmacists will gain access to pharmacy owner-mentors, industry experts’ help with
October 12, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
Michele Belcher, NCPA
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Pharmacist Michele Belcher, of Grants Pass Pharmacy in Grants Pass, Ore., was installed as 2021-22 president of the National Community Pharmacists Association at the organization’s 2021 Annual Convention, which was held Oct. 9-12. In her remarks to the House of Delegates, Belcher thanked the women who preceded her as NCPA president and
October 12, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
Ira Katz, NCPA, Upsher-Smith Laboratories
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Upsher-Smith Laboratories announced that Ira Katz, owner of Little Five Points Pharmacy in Atlanta, is the winner of the National Community Pharmacists Association 2021 Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year Award. Katz received the award on Monday, Oct. 11 at NCPA’s 123rd Annual Convention in Charlotte, N.C. The annual award
October 11, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
2021 National Preceptor of the Year Award by the National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation, NCPA
Pharmacy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Georgia pharmacist Nikki Adams Bryant, owner of Adams Family Pharmacy in Preston, Adams Family Pharmacy Too in Cuthbert, and a rural primary care clinic, Preston Family Medicine, was honored as the recipient of the 2021 National Preceptor of the Year Award by the National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation as part of NCPA’s
October 11, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
18th annual Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition, NCPA
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A team of student pharmacists from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy was named the winner of the 18th annual Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition. A team from the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy was the runner-up, and a team representing the
October 11, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
2021 NCPA Innovation Center Outstanding Adherence Practitioner Award, Martika Martin of Danhauer Drugs and Health Equipment, NCPA
Pharmacy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Martika Martin of Danhauer Drugs and Health Equipment in Owensboro, Ky., was presented with the 2021 NCPA Innovation Center Outstanding Adherence Practitioner Award in recognition of her commitment to improving medication adherence. The award is sponsored by RxSafe and was presented as part of the National Community Pharmacists Association’s Annual Convention, which was
October 4, 2021 by Chain Drug Review
B. Douglas Hoey is chief executive officer of the National Community Pharmacists Association., NCPA
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In addition to submitting its own comments to the Federal Trade Commission about anticompetitive pharmacy benefit manager contracting practices, the National Community Pharmacists Association encouraged independent pharmacy advocates to also submit comments with specific examples of contractual issues and the harm they cause to patients and neighborhood pharmacies. More than 3,000 advocate comments
October 4, 2021 by Jeff Hewitt, Laura Bowen, Karen Yocky and Dominique Harris
CVS Health, NCPA, Walgreens
October 4, 2021, Opinion, Uncategorized
If talent acquisition and retention isn’t a top-five topic for your executive team, it should be. The reason is straightforward: The U.S. labor market has undergone significant changes, resulting in fewer available workers and more open jobs — 10.9 million — than at any time since that statistic has been measured. As if that weren’t