Tag: PBM reform
NCPA, APA join legal fight to preserve PBM-related law in Arkansas
November 10, 2025HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and the Arkansas Pharmacists Association (APA) have filed a legal brief in the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals defending an Arkansas law blocking companies from operating a pharmacy benefit manager and a pharmacy in the state simultaneously. The case revolves around a state law (Act 624) passed earlier this year blocking PBMs in Arkansas from also operating pharmacies...
NCPA leads 134 groups in pushing for PBM reforms
September 9, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) has sent a letter to the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate on behalf 134 organizations representing patient groups, health care providers, employers, business groups and union workers urging them to pass pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reforms. “The American public is tired of losing access to their local health care providers and of paying too much out-of-pocket for the medicines they need,”...
Alabama passes PBM reform bill
April 10, 2025HME News Staff
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alabama House of Representatives has unanimously passed SB252, a bill that would support independent pharmacies statewide by creating more transparency and limiting the power of pharmacy benefit managers. The “Community Pharmacy Relief Act,” which was already approved by the Senate on March 20, was introduced by Sen. Billy Beasley, D-Clayton, and Rep. Phillip Rigsby, R-Huntsville, a pharmacist. Rigsby told the Alabama Political Reporter that the bill addresses...
NCPA renews call for PBM reform after latest hearing
July 24, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association in a statement criticized pharmacy benefit managers who appeared at a hearing held by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform yesterday. Testifying at the hearing were executives Adam Kautzner, PharmD, president, Evernorth Care Management and Express Scripts; David Joyner, executive vice president, CVS Health, and president, CVS Caremark; and Patrick Conway, MD, CEO, OptumRx. “Among members of the Oversight Committee,...
In brief: Cyberattack update, PBM reform, Medicaid hearing
April 26, 2024HME News Staff
MINNEAPOLIS – Change Healthcare says it has made “strong progress” restoring services impacted by a cyberattack in February.
In the April 22 update, Change Healthcare said that medical claims across the U.S. health system are moving at near-normal levels, as systems come back online or providers switch to other methods of submission. The company said it realizes there are a small number of providers who continue to be adversely impacted and it is working with them to find...
Georgia congressman to speak at NCPA fly-in
March 14, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., will give remarks at the National Community Pharmacists Association Congressional Pharmacy Fly-in, which takes place April 17-18 in Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. Carter has been very active in efforts to pass pro-patient, pro-pharmacy legislation, such as reforms to pharmacy benefit managers. In addition to cosponsoring other bills, he joined several of his colleagues to introduce the Drug Price Transparency in Medicaid Act (H.R. 1613), which...