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NCPA, Oklahoma pharmacists cheer new development in PBM case

September 2, 2020 by Chain Drug Review Debra Billingsley, NCPA, NCPA chief executive officer B. Douglas Hoey, Oklahoma Pharmacists Association Leading Headlines, Pharmacy

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The National Community Pharmacists Association welcomed a development in a federal court case in which the powerful pharmacy benefit manager lobby is challenging an Oklahoma law that would regulate PBMs, protect patient access, and ensure fairer business practices. “This is a very positive development in a very important case,” said NCPA CEO B.

NCPA statement on Oklahoma PBM regulation law

May 22, 2019 by Chain Drug Review NCPA chief executive officer B. Douglas Hoey, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma PBM regulation law, Oklahoma Pharmacists Association Leading Headlines, Pharmacy

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt Tuesday signed into law HB 2632, which protects patient access to pharmacy services by establishing network adequacy and “any willing pharmacy” requirements, minimizes pharmacy benefit manager conflicts of interest by prohibiting higher reimbursement rates for PBM-owned pharmacies, and limits PBM abuses by prohibiting retroactive claim adjustments and denials.