PCMA: Mail-Service Pharmacies Will Save Consumers and Payers Nearly $47 Billion Over the Next Decade
February 21, 2012
(Washington, DC)— Mail-service pharmacies will save employers, unions, government employee plans, consumers, and other commercial-sector payers $46.6 billion in prescription...
February 20, 2012
On healthcare issues, poll after poll shows that cost is the greatest concern for both consumers and employers. At the...
PCMA Launches Campaign: ‘That’s What PBMs Do’
January 17, 2012
(Washington, DC) — The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) today launched a new ad campaign – “That’s What PBMs...
Texas to Modernize Medicaid Rx Benefits, Curb Pharmacy Overpayments
December 14, 2011
(Washington, DC)— To help reduce state Medicaid spending, the Obama administration has approved Texas’ plan to shift one million recipients...
December 06, 2011
(Washington, DC)— Governor Andrew Cuomo should veto a drugstore-protection bill which would undermine mail-service pharmacy and increase costs for...
National Consumer Survey of Adults with Prescription Drug Coverage
December 05, 2011
Ayres, McHenry & Associates conducted a national telephone survey of 800 adults with prescription drug coverage on their views...
NY Pharmacy Bill Sent to Governor Would Raise Drug Prices
December 01, 2011
(Washington, DC)— Assembly Bill 5502-B—transmitted to Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday—would needlessly raise the cost of many prescriptions in New...
October 25, 2011
(Washington, DC) — The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) today launched a new multimedia campaign highlighting the innovative tools and...
October 07, 2011
(Washington, DC)— By urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue “Essential Health Benefits” regulations...
October 06, 2011
(Washington, DC)—With the Institute of Medicine (IOM) releasing its recommendations to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
October 05, 2011
In the Fight Over Essential Benefits Regulations: It’s America’s Small Businesses vs. the Drugstore and Drug Company Lobbies View...
Some Essential Benefits Rules Could Worry Small Businesses
September 29, 2011
(Washington, DC)—As small businesses struggle to afford health benefits, a new employer survey indicates concern that forthcoming Essential Health...