PCMA Supports Bipartisan ECAPS Act to Expand Access to Care and Strengthen Role of Pharmacists

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, the House Ways and Means Committee is marking up HR 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS). The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) supports the legislation’s objective to expand access to care for seniors by allowing Medicare to reimburse pharmacists for important clinical care services they provide to […]

PMCA Welcomes Lawmaker Focus on Insurance Brokers and Consultants 

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today, the House Education and Workforce Committee is set to consider the PBM Kickback Prohibition Act, which bars payments from a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) to a health care broker or consultant. While ostensibly focused on PBMs, in practice the transactions covered by the bill are not kickbacks, but rather common arrangements often included in employer contracts that require […]