PCMA Supports CMS Efforts to Create a More Efficient & Interoperable Health Care Ecosystem

On June 15, PCMA submitted comments to CMS on its proposed rule to advance interoperability and electronic prior authorization (ePA) for prescription drugs. The proposal reflects years of work by policymakers, health plans, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), providers, and technology developers to modernize how prescription drug information moves across the health care system. Better interoperability […]

PCMA Challenges Illinois Law as Unlawful Intrusion on Employer Health Plans

(SPRINGFIELD, IL) – The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois to stop the so-called “Prescription Drug Affordability Act” from limiting the use of cost-saving tools and significantly disrupting employer-sponsored health insurance. Reacting to the lawsuit, David Marin, President […]

PCMA Supports Senate HELP Legislation to Expedite Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for American Families

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) strongly supports legislation being considered today by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) as much-needed steps toward ending Big Pharma’s War on Generics that keeps patients paying high drug prices for too long. PCMA supports: S. 1954, Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act: Eliminates the separate FDA […]