PCMA Statement on Essential Health Benefits Proposed Rule
November 20, 2012
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) released the following statement today on the Department of Health and Human Services...
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How Independent Drugstores that Compound Drugs Can Be Part of the Patient Safety Solution
November 14, 2012
(Washington, DC)— Neighborhood pharmacies, a primary outpatient source of compounded drugs in communities across America, must find new ways to...
Catamaran’s Mark Thierer Elected PCMA’s New Board Chairman
October 16, 2012
Mark Thierer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Catamaran was elected today Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association’s (PCMA)...
New Study: Reforming Medicaid Pharmacy Saves New York $425 Million in 2012
October 11, 2012
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s decision to reform New York’s Medicaid pharmacy program using proven pharmacy benefit management (PBM) tools is...
Savings Generated by New York’s Medicaid Pharmacy Reform
October 11, 2012
Executive Summary Medicaid is one of the nation’s few remaining programs in which public agencies still use a fee-for-service (FFS)...
PCMA Outlines $100 Billion in Prescription Drug Savings to Help Avoid Sequestration Budget Cuts
October 08, 2012
As policymakers are faced with reducing future projected budget deficits by $1.2 trillion through 2021 as part of sequestration,...
PCMA Letter to Congress: $100 Billion in Prescription Drug Savings
October 08, 2012
View the PCMA letter on debt-reducing solutions that could save the federal government more than $100 billion dollars in...
September 24, 2012
(Washington, DC)— Pending legislation (PA HB 511/SB 201) that would prohibit mail-service pharmacies from charging less than drugstores would...
New Report Explores New Challenges Facing Independent Drugstores, Policymakers
August 23, 2012
(Washington, DC)—A new report released today by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) examines how recent Congressional hearings and...
New Report: Should Independent Drugstores Be More Accountable?
August 23, 2012
Background Recent Congressional hearings and government investigations have raised serious questions about opaque business practices and pricing strategies within...
PCMA: Part D Plans and PBMs Continue to Deliver Savings in Medicare
August 07, 2012
According to new data released by Health and Human Services (HHS), the 2013 average monthly Medicare Part D prescription drug...
New Study Finds Generic Medications Saved $1 Trillion Over the Last Decade
August 02, 2012
The American health care system saved more than $1 trillion through the use of generic medicines over the last decade,...