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Research

2012

01.26.2012

5 Questions for Brand Drug Copay Coupon Defenders

2011

10.05.2011

PCMA Ad on Essential Benefits Regulations: America's Small Businesses vs. the Drugstore and Drug Company Lobbies

09.29.2011

National Survey of Small Businesses Regarding Prescription Drug Coverage Goals and Priorities

09.19.2011

New Research: PBMs Generating Savings for Plan Sponsors and Consumers

08.31.2011

PCMA Letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction

2010

12.06.2010

The Lewin Group: Potential Federal and State-by-State Savings if Medicaid Pharmacy Programs were Optimally Managed

03.10.2010

Survey of Federal Employees Regarding FEHBP Drug Benefit

2008

06.16.2008

PCMA Medicare Fraud Letter to Capitol Hill

05.20.2008

New PCMA E-Prescribing Print Ad

05.01.2008

Consumers, Employers, Unions, and Medical Professionals E-Prescribing Letter to Capitol Hill

05.01.2008

Consumers, Businesses, Unions, and Medical Professionals: Time for Congress to Act on E-Prescribing Legislation

03.26.2008

PwC: Impact of "Prompt Payment" Legislation on Medicare Costs

03.26.2008

Why 30-Day Pharmacy Payment Cycles Lower Costs and Prevent Fraud

2007

12.07.2007

New Poll Shows Rural Seniors Want E-Prescribing in Medicare

11.07.2007

PwC: Impact of "Prompt Payment" Legislation on Medicare Costs

07.07.2007

Gorman Health Group E-Prescribing Study

03.27.2007

PwC: Pharmacy Benefit Management Savings In Medicare and the Commercial Marketplace & the Cost of Proposed PBM Legislation, 2008-2017

01.23.2007

Medicare Part D: An Assessment of Plan Performance and Potential Savings

Press releases

2012

02.09.2012

Medicare Part D Preferred Pharmacy Networks Reducing Costs, Popular with Seniors

01.26.2012

5 Questions for Brand Drug Copay Coupon Defenders

01.17.2012

PCMA Launches New Ad Campaign: ‘That’s What PBMs Do’

2011

11.03.2011

Brand Drug ‘Copay Coupons’ Would Raise Costs by $750 Million for Massachusetts Employers, Unions, and State Employee Health Programs

11.03.2011

Brand Drug 'Copay Coupons' Raise Health Costs for Employers, Unions, and State Governments by $32 Billion

10.25.2011

New PCMA Multimedia Campaign: PBMs Provide Consumers and Payers Increased Savings, Safety, and Convenience

10.07.2011

PCMA on IOM Essential Health Benefits Report: Employers and Special Interests Will Spar Over Costly Prescription Drug Mandates

10.06.2011

New PCMA Ad on Essential Health Benefits: Small Businesses Oppose Costly Mandates Pushed by Drugstore, Drug Company Lobbies

10.05.2011

PCMA Ad on Essential Benefits Regulations: America's Small Businesses vs. the Drugstore and Drug Company Lobbies

09.29.2011

Some Essential Benefits Rules Could Worry Small Businesses

09.29.2011

National Survey of Small Businesses Regarding Prescription Drug Coverage Goals and Priorities

09.19.2011

PCMA: PBMs Will Save Nearly $2 Trillion in Prescription Drug Costs over the Next Decade

09.19.2011

New Research: PBMs Generating Savings for Plan Sponsors and Consumers

08.31.2011

PCMA Outlines $100 Billion in Prescription Drug Savings for Deficit Reduction Committee

08.31.2011

PCMA Letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction

08.11.2011

PCMA: New Study Finds Mail-Service Pharmacies Improve Adherence to Diabetes Medications in Medicare Part D

08.05.2011

PCMA: California Medicaid Could Save $2 Billion, Avoid Drugstore Litigation by Modernizing Medicaid Pharmacy

08.04.2011

PCMA: Part D Plans and PBMs Continue to Deliver Savings in Medicare

08.03.2011

Drugstore Lobby Looks for ‘Free Pass’ to Avoid Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Detection

08.01.2011

GAO: Medicare Part D Plans Expanding Access to New Drugs

07.27.2011

PCMA on New JAMA Study: Medicare Drug Benefit Reduces Other Medical Costs

07.27.2011

PCMA on New JAMA Study: Medicare Drug Benefit Reduces Other Medical Costs

06.15.2011

The Medicaid Choice: Cut Benefits for Patients or Overpayments to Independent Drugstores

04.18.2011

Indiana Could Save $214 Million By Modernizing Medicaid Pharmacy

04.06.2011

Texas Independent Drugstore Lobby (Continues) Putting Profits Ahead of Patients

03.10.2011

Budget Solution? Modernizing Medicaid Pharmacy Could Save Florida $473 Million

03.07.2011

Texas Health and Human Services Commission:Modernize Medicaid Pharmacy to Save State $82 Million

03.03.2011

Generic Drug Industry Honors PCMA President & CEO Mark Merritt with Prestigious ‘Outstanding Contribution’ Award

03.02.2011

PCMA: Anti-Fraud Group Spotlights Policies that Promote Health Care Fraud and Abuse

03.01.2011

PCMA: Medicaid Rx Modernization Can Save Billions Without Cuts

02.03.2011

PCMA: HHS Encourages State Medicaid Programs to Use more Generic Drugs

2010

12.07.2010

PCMA: Independent Drugstore Lobby Continues ‘Disclosure Double Standard’ Transparency Campaign

12.06.2010

States, Federal Government Could Save $33 Billion by Managing Medicaid Pharmacy More Like Medicare and Commercial Sector Programs

12.06.2010

The Lewin Group: Potential Federal and State-by-State Savings if Medicaid Pharmacy Programs were Optimally Managed

10.25.2010

Report: Independent Drugstores Thrive in Economic Recession

10.15.2010

New Report Identifies Public Policies that Facilitate Health Care Fraud

09.30.2010

PCMA: New Law Ending Immediate Payment for Unverified Claims in Medicare a Step in the Right Direction

09.22.2010

PCMA Applauds New CMS Rules Designed to Crack Down on Fraud in Medicare, Medicaid

09.15.2010

CBO: Use of Generic Drugs in Medicare Part D Saved Beneficiaries and Program $33 Billion in 2007

09.09.2010

PCMA Welcomes WellPoint as Newest Member

08.27.2010

Independent Drugstore Lobby to Congress: ‘No Transparency For Us, More for PBMs’

08.25.2010

PCMA: New AARP Study on Brand-Name Drug Price Increases Underscores Need for Greater Use of PBM Cost-Saving Tools

08.19.2010

CMS: Part D Costs $261 Billion Lower than Expected

08.10.2010

PCMA: CMS Turns ‘Transparency’ Spotlight on Drugstores

07.28.2010

PCMA: Increased Focus on Combating Fraud Integral To Medicare Program Integrity

07.19.2010

PCMA: Legislation to Increase Funding to Combat Fraud ‘Critical’ to Enhancing Program Integrity

07.13.2010

PCMA Statement on Final EHR ‘Meaningful Use’ Rules

06.15.2010

PCMA: Time to Reject Policies That Facilitate Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

05.18.2010

PCMA: Drug Company Price Hikes Highlight Need for More Competition in Medicare Part D

05.10.2010

New Analysis: Independent Drugstore Lobby’s Bill Would Increase Federal Deficit $186 Billion over Ten Years

05.07.2010

PCMA: New Legislation Would Increase Prescription Drug Costs, Limit Access

04.07.2010

PCMA: ‘Phantom Pharmacies’ Highlight the Need for Vigilant Anti-Fraud Measures

03.24.2010

PCMA: Federal Enrollees Don’t Want Congress to Reduce Pharmacy Choices, Impose Price Controls in FEHBP

03.10.2010

New Survey: Three in Four Enrollees Oppose Legislation to Change FEHBP

03.10.2010

Survey of Federal Employees Regarding FEHBP Drug Benefit

03.01.2010

PCMA: New GAO Report Highlights the Need for Meaningful Biogenerics Reform

02.23.2010

Proposed Overhaul of FEHBP Pharmacy Benefit Would Undermine Cost-Saving Tools, Reduce Choices for 8 Million Americans

02.11.2010

Pharma Executive Perspectives to be Highlight of Upcoming PBM Summit

01.21.2010

PCMA Statement: Wrong Time for Congress to Experiment On The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

01.11.2010

New GAO Study: Lack of Competition Helping Drive ‘Extraordinary’ Brand-Name Drug Price Increases

01.05.2010

PCMA: Proven PBM Tools Help Drive Historic Slowdown in Prescription Drug Spending

2009

12.16.2009

PCMA: Don’t Tax Prescription Drug Benefits To Pay for Health Reform

11.18.2009

PCMA Appoints Jerry Steffl Vice President of Federal Affairs

11.17.2009

PCMA: Butterfield Bill Would Increase Pharmacy Costs, Undermine Unions and Employers

11.16.2009

PCMA: Real Biogenerics Reform, Not Pharma Deal ‘Shell Games,’ Will Lower Drug Costs

10.08.2009

Want to Lower Prescription Drug Costs? Try Generics and Mail-Service Pharmacies

09.25.2009

Senate Finance Committee ‘Disclosure’ Amendment Will Increase Prescription Drug Costs

09.23.2009

PCMA Urges Senate Finance Committee to Help Make Prescription Drugs More Affordable for All Americans

09.18.2009

NCPA ‘Poll’ Contradicts J.D. Power and Associates Survey on Mail-Service Pharmacy

09.17.2009

New J.D. Power and Associates Study Finds Consumer Satisfaction with Pharmacy Options

09.10.2009

PCMA: Improving Affordability Critical to Reforming Health Care

07.31.2009

PCMA Statement on U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Care Reform Markup

07.30.2009

PCMA: New Study Highlights ‘Market-Based’ Reforms to Lower Part D Drug Prices

07.16.2009

PCMA: Real Reform Requires a Level Playing Field

07.09.2009

New PCMA Ad on Biogenerics

06.15.2009

PCMA: President Obama, MedPAC Call for Follow-On Biologics

06.13.2009

PCMA Statement on the Administration’s Comments Regarding Financing Health Care Reform

05.07.2009

PCMA: New National Generic Pharmaceutical Study Finds Savings of $734 Billion Over the Last Decade

04.10.2009

PCMA: New Blue Cross/Blue Shield Prescription-Drug Survey Confirms Generic Drugs Have Gone Mainstream With Consumers, Doctors & Payers

03.20.2009

PCMA: DC Ruling a Win for Consumers and Payers

03.18.2009

PCMA: Medicare Should Base Prescription Drug Class Decisions on Clinical Evidence, Not Politics

03.16.2009

PCMA Study: New Stimulus Law Will Dramatically Increase E-Prescribing Adoption Rate

02.14.2009

PCMA on Final Economic Stimulus Bill: Important Step Forward to Modernize and Improve Health Care

02.10.2009

PCMA: It’s Time for Comparative Effectiveness

02.02.2009

PCMA Appoints Kristin Bass Senior Vice President of Policy

01.26.2009

PCMA Urges Policymakers to Resist Medical Privacy Provisions Undermining Adoption, Reducing Patient Access to Life-Saving Technologies

01.15.2009

PCMA: Health IT Bill An Opportunity for Huge Success… or Failure

01.06.2009

PCMA: Historic Slowdown in Drug Spending Growth Underscores the Value of Proven PBM Tools

2008

12.17.2008

PCMA: New Study Highlights ‘Substantial’ Savings Opportunities with E-Prescribing

11.13.2008

PCMA: New Commonwealth Fund Survey Shows Patients are Skipping Care Due to Costs

11.12.2008

PCMA Statement on Senator Baucus’ Health Care Reform Agenda

11.05.2008

PCMA: Two-Thirds of Voters Want More Affordable Health Care

11.03.2008

New Study: Independent Drugstores Charge 15% More for Prescription Drugs

10.31.2008

PCMA Applauds New CMS Medicare Electronic Prescribing Rule

10.31.2008

PBM Tools Help Part D Come in 30% Under Budget Estimates

10.23.2008

PCMA: New Analysis Highlights the Need for Rapid Physician Adoption of E-Prescribing

10.22.2008

PCMA: NYT Article Highlights the Need to Explore Available Cost-Saving Options on Prescription Drugs

10.14.2008

PCMA: NCPA Study Shows Higher Profits, Salaries for Independent Drugstores

10.02.2008

New PCMA Research: State Legislative Proposals Restricting Access To Generic Medicines Would Increase Costs $29 Billion Over 10 Years

09.29.2008

PCMA: New CBO Analysis Confirms Independent Pharmacy ‘Collective Bargaining’ Legislation Increases Costs for Consumers and Payors

09.25.2008

PCMA: Safe and Secure Prescribing of Controlled Substances Should be Permitted

09.10.2008

PCMA: HHS Conference on E-Prescribing Will Accelerate Physician Adoption

08.21.2008

New Medicare Law Igniting Physician Groups to Adopt E-Prescribing

08.01.2008

PCMA Statement on Baucus-Conrad Comparative Effectiveness Legislation

07.24.2008

PCMA President and CEO Mark Merritt Testifies Before House Oversight & Government Reform Committee on Medicare Part D

07.24.2008

PCMA President and CEO Mark Merritt’s Testimony Before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

07.09.2008

PCMA Statement on Passage of Medicare Bill: E-Prescribing Requirement a Major Victory for Seniors

06.25.2008

CBO: Biogenerics Would Save Federal Government $6.6 Billion Over Ten Years

06.24.2008

Time for Policymakers to Choose: ‘Prompt Pay’ Mandate or Postpone AMP Reimbursement Cuts

06.09.2008

New PCMA Ad: Pharmacist ‘Prompt Pay’ Will Trigger ‘Domino Effect’ Among Other Medicare Providers

05.20.2008

PCMA’s New Ad Campaign: E-Prescribing is Ready Now

05.01.2008

Consumers, Employers, Unions, and Medical Professionals E-Prescribing Letter to Capitol Hill

05.01.2008

Consumers, Businesses, Unions, and Medical Professionals: Time for Congress to Act on E-Prescribing Legislation

04.29.2008

PCMA’s New E-Prescribing Ad Campaign: ‘Each Year We Wait, More People Die’

04.29.2008

PCMA’s New E-Prescribing TV Ad

04.18.2008

PCMA: Court of Appeals Upholds Challenge to D.C.’s PBM Fiduciary-Disclosure Law

04.10.2008

PCMA: ‘Protect Your Pharmacy Week’ Should Focus On Safeguarding Part D Anti-Fraud Tools

04.02.2008

CMS Releases Final E-Prescribing Standards in Medicare

03.26.2008

PCMA: Independent Drugstore Lobby’s “Prompt Pay” Agenda Could Cost Medicare $3.3 Billion Over the Next Decade

03.25.2008

Employers: Proven PBM Tools Slowing Cost of Prescription Drug Benefits

03.18.2008

PCMA Statement on Comparative Effectiveness

03.10.2008

New MedPAC Report: Abbreviated Biogenerics Pathway ‘Urgently Needed’

02.25.2008

New Government Data: Mail-Service Pharmacies Grow, But Public Programs Lag Behind

02.07.2008

PCMA E-PRESCRIBING VIDEO

02.06.2008

PCMA Applauds Secretary Leavitt’s Support For Requiring E-Prescribing in Medicare

02.04.2008

FTC Opposes Collective Bargaining For Providers in Puerto Rico

01.31.2008

CMS: Part D Costs $117 Billion Lower Than Expected

01.29.2008

PCMA: 2008 Health Debate Highlights ‘Workable Solutions’ Like E-Prescribing

01.15.2008

PCMA: New CBO Analysis Confirms Independent Pharmacy ‘Collective Bargaining’ Legislation Increases Costs for Consumers and Payors

01.11.2008

PCMA: New Study on Independent Pharmacy Reimbursements Will “Raise Eyebrows” on Capitol Hill

01.10.2008

PCMA 2008 Agenda: Support E-Prescribing, Biogenerics; Oppose Bills that Increase Costs

01.08.2008

PCMA: PBMs Keep Drug Prices Stable While Expanding Access

01.08.2008

Prime Therapeutics Joins PCMA

2007

12.13.2007

One Thing Washington Can Agree On: Time for E-Prescribing in Medicare

12.06.2007

PCMA Launches New Print Ad Campaign Highlighting Costs Associated with the Independent Drugstore Lobby’s Agenda

12.06.2007

PCMA Print Ad: “Who Gets Stuck With the Check?”

12.05.2007

PCMA Supports Bipartisan Legislation Calling for E-Prescribing Requirement in Medicare

12.04.2007

PCMA Statement on E-Prescribing of Controlled Substances

12.03.2007

PCMA Launches New Round of E-Prescribing Advertising

11.30.2007

PCMA: Independent Drugstore Lobby’s “Prompt Pay”

11.16.2007

New OIG Report Confirms Part D Plans are Driving Generic Utilization

11.14.2007

PCMA CMS Releases Proposed E-Prescribing Standards in Medicare

11.07.2007

PCMA’s New Ad Campaign: Require E-Prescribing in Medicare “Before More People Die”

11.06.2007

PCMA E-PRESCRIBING VIDEO (WMP)

11.06.2007

PCMA Statement on Independent Pharmacy Antitrust Legislation

10.30.2007

PCMA on Electronic Health Records: The First Step is to Require E-Prescribing in Medicare

10.17.2007

Coalition of Business, Unions, and Consumer Groups Call on Congress to Require E-Prescribing in Medicare

10.15.2007

PCMA Responds to Report from the Majority Staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

10.11.2007

New Hampshire: 1st in the Nation Primary State Takes a Stand on E-Prescribing Legislation

09.28.2007

PCMA Statement on New Average Manufacturer Price (AMP) Legislation

09.27.2007

PCMA Statement on the Independent Drugstore Lobby Agenda

09.14.2007

E-Prescribing Saving Mississippi Medicaid $1.2 Million Per Month

09.11.2007

New Report: Dangerous Drug Side Effects and Deaths Doubled Since 1998… Seniors Hit Hardest

09.06.2007

Are Bargaining Groups Hired by Independent Drugstores Causing Payment Delays to Pharmacies?

08.29.2007

PCMA: Lessons of Katrina Highlight the Need for E-Prescribing in Medicare

08.21.2007

PCMA Statement on Part D Survey Published in Health Affairs

08.20.2007

PCMA: Minnesota is First in the Nation to Require E-Prescribing

08.14.2007

PCMA: Part D Plans Continuing to Provide Robust Savings and Access for Beneficiaries

08.03.2007

PCMA Statement Supporting New Average Manufacturer Price (AMP) Legislation

08.02.2007

New IMS Health Report Finds Generic Drugs Used More in Part D than Commercial Market

08.02.2007

PCMA Statement on The Pharmacy Access Improvement (PhAIm) Act

07.31.2007

New Report on Prescription Medication Adherence Underscores Importance of E-Prescribing

07.19.2007

PCMA Runs New Print Advertisement in Its E-Prescribing in Medicare Campaign

07.12.2007

PCMA: New E-Prescribing Initiative a ‘Win-Win’ For Patients and Physicians

07.09.2007

PCMA Statement on Average Manufacturer Price (AMP) Rule in Medicaid

06.20.2007

Aetna is PCMA’s Newest Member

06.13.2007

PCMA: PBMs Paying Clean Claims Within 30-Day Timeframe

05.09.2007

PCMA Statement on H.R. 1956

05.07.2007

PCMA: New Study Finds Sweeping Collective Bargaining Rights for Independent Pharmacists Could Cost Medicare and Commercial Payors $29.6 Billion Over Five Years

05.02.2007

PCMA: Beneficiaries in Part D Enjoying Savings and Broad Access on their Prescription Drugs

05.01.2007

PCMA: New Study Finds Consumers Have Broad Access to Pharmacy Choices in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas

04.17.2007

New J.D. Power and Associates Study Finds High Consumer Satisfaction with Pharmacy Options

04.12.2007

PCMA Supports Bipartisan Effort to Increase Access To Generic Prescription Drugs for Consumers and Payors

04.03.2007

PCMA: National, Uniform Electronic-Prescribing Standard Needed to Increase Physician Adoption

03.27.2007

PCMA: PBMs Projected to Save Medicare, Commercial Market $1.3 Trillion On Prescription Drug Costs from 2008-2017

03.26.2007

PCMA: Time is Now for Policymakers to Create Clear Regulatory Pathway for Biogenerics

03.22.2007

PCMA: Welcomes US Script as Newest Member

03.21.2007

PCMA: Berry-Jones Pharmacy Bill Could Increase Costs to Seniors, Disabled & Medicare Part D by Billions

03.14.2007

PCMA: Berry-Jones Pharmacy Legislation ‘FAST Track’ To Higher Drug Costs for Beneficiaries, Medicare Part D

03.13.2007

PCMA: CBO Warns Public Disclosure of Drug-Pricing Information Could Increase Medicare Costs by Billions of Dollars

03.12.2007

PCMA Welcomes Scriptrax as Newest Member

03.08.2007

PCMA Urges Policymakers to Create a Clear Pathway for Approval of Biogenerics

03.06.2007

PCMA to Appeal US District Court Ruling Upholding Title II of DC AccessRx Act

03.02.2007

NCOIL Rejects Burdensome PBM Model Legislation

03.01.2007

PCMA: Drugstore Lobby Attacks Proven Cost Savings of Mail-Service Pharmacies (Again)

02.27.2007

PCMA Releases 2007 Policy Agenda

02.21.2007

PCMA: PBMs Negotiating Lower Drug

02.14.2007

PCMA Endorses Legislation to Create a Clear

02.08.2007

PCMA: Seniors Flocking to Lower-Cost Generic Drugs in Medicare Part D

01.30.2007

PCMA Supports National Discussion to Promote Value-based Purchasing in Health Care

01.23.2007

PCMA: Part D Plans Projected to Save Seniors, Medicare Program $469 Billion over Ten Years

01.12.2007

PCMA Statement on US House Approval of HR 4

01.09.2007

PCMA: Pharmacy Management Tools Help Drive Prescription Drug Spending Trend Down to 5.8 Percent in 2005

01.04.2007

PCMA: Medicare Part B Program Could Save $14 Billion in Prescription Drug Costs through Biogenerics

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