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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,...

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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...

Change Healthcare, Cyberattack, Medicaid, PBM reform, Sunknowledge


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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...

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