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WVIPA, NCPA help to secure PBM reform

WVIPA, NCPA help to secure PBM reform

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The West Virginia Independent Pharmacy Association and the National Community Pharmacists Association applaud Gov. Jim Justice for signing H.R. 4112, a patient choice bill. The bill gives patients greater authority to choose which in-network pharmacy fills their prescriptions and addresses what the associations call the arbitrary “specialty” designation that pharmacy benefit managers use to steer patients into PBM-owned pharmacies. “H.B. 4112 will help patients retain access to their trusted pharmacy by protecting their right to choose the in-network pharmacy provider that is best for them,” WVIPA and NCPA wrote in a letter thanking Gov. Justice for signing the bill. “Too often, that choice is stripped from patients by their PBM, which forces patients to use a particular pharmacy to fill their prescriptions, particularly high-cost specialty drug prescriptions.” WVIPA put in countless hours to get the bill passed and NCPA worked to reinforce its efforts, including with a letter to Gov. Justice in March. 

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