National Community Pharmacists Association

Press Releases



9.01.2010NCPA Launches www.PharmacyMatching.Com to Connect Independent Pharmacy Buyers and Sellers
 
8.31.2010NCPA Offers DEA Proposed Solution to Balance Patient Needs in Long-Term Care Facilities with Drug Diversion Concerns
 
8.26.2010NCPA: Bipartisan Group of Representatives Offer Support for Pharmacies and Patients by Urging CMS to Ensure Local Access to Diabetes Testing Supplies
 
8.25.2010NCPA Offers Recommendations for Improving CMS' Medicare Part B Program for Next Year
 
8.25.2010NCPA: AARP Report Finds Brand Name Drug Prices Soar as Large Pharmacy Benefit Managers Reap Windfall Profits
 
8.23.2010Compliant Pharmacy Alliance and NCPA Team Up to Advance the Interests of Independent Pharmacies, Patients
 
8.17.2010NCPA Proposes Criteria for Grandfathered Health Plans, Pharmacy Benefits
 
8.10.2010NCPA Applauds House and Senate for Including Medicaid Funding for Cash-Strapped States in Passing Their 'Jobs Bill'
 
8.09.2010Pharmacy Ownership Workshop to be Held in Richmond from August 20-22
 
8.03.2010NCPA on Walgreens 90-Day Supply Initiative in Minneapolis: Ensuring Patient Choice of Pharmacy Promotes Better Health Outcomes, Medication Adherence
 
7.29.2010NCPA Statement on CVS Caremark-Aetna Agreement
 
7.29.2010National Community Pharmacists Association Welcomes Keystone Pharmacy Purchasing Alliance Customers to Membership
 
7.28.2010Patients Report High Satisfaction with Dispose My Meds Program; 8,000 Pounds of Prescription Medication Properly Discarded
 
7.28.2010NCPA Outlines Community Pharmacy Priorities as FDA Considers Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies
 
7.21.2010NCPA Announces Finalists for 2010 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition
 
7.19.2010Fox Insurance Agrees to Pay Delinquent Medicare Part D Claims After Action by Senators Baucus, Grassley, CMS and NCPA
 
7.19.2010NCPA Urges U.S. Office of Personnel Management to Adopt Transparent Policies for Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Federal Employee Health Plan, Health Insurance Exchanges
 
7.15.2010Transparency Reforms for Pharmacy Benefit Managers Continue, Despite Court Ruling
 
7.14.2010NACDS, NCPA Urge Doctors to Enroll Now in Medicare's PECOS System to Preserve Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment
 
7.12.2010NCPA Offers Solutions to Maintain Patient Access to Life-Saving Medications Despite Planned Reduction in Mail Service
 
7.08.2010NCPA Offers Solutions to Help Ensure Medicare PECOS Program Doesn't Disrupt Community Pharmacies Ability to Serve Patients
 
7.07.2010NCPA Foundation Receives $100,000 from Purdue Pharma for First Ever Catalyst Grant Award for Innovative Practice
 
7.02.2010NCPA Urges Caution as Medicare Proceeds with Diabetes Competitive Bidding Program
 
6.29.2010NCPA Commends Medicare's Decision to Allow Community Pharmacies to Continue Providing Diabetes Testing Supplies to Seniors
 
6.29.2010NACDS, NCPA Back Senate Medication Therapy Management Bill
Senator Hagan's legislation would help pharmacists help patients, prevent more costly forms of care
 
6.28.2010NCPA Thanks Conference Committee for Keeping Bipartisan Credit Card Fee Reforms in Wall Street Reform Bill
 
6.24.2010Chain Drug Consortium and NCPA Announce Collaborative Partnership to Support Community Pharmacies, Patients
 
6.22.2010Former HHS Secretaries to Discuss Health Care Reform at 2010 NCPA Annual Convention and Trade Exposition
 
6.22.2010NCPA: Alabama's Proposed Medicaid Reimbursement Changes Warrant Careful CMS Review
 
6.22.2010NCPA Endorses Gerry Purcell for Georgia Insurance Commissioner
 
6.21.2010NCPA Offers Constructive Solutions to Potentially Problematic Pharmaceutical Waste Reduction Efforts in Long-Term Care Dispensing
 
6.18.2010NCPA Statement on CVS Caremark-Walgreens Agreement
 
6.18.2010NCPA Backs Senator Bennet's Cost of Dispensing Proposal; Renews Support for Medicaid FMAP Funding
 
6.17.2010NCPA Supports Reps. Baldwin and Stupak in Their Call to End Overly Aggressive Recoupment Efforts for Pharmacy Medicare Part B Services
 
6.17.2010NCPA to Congress: Keep Bipartisan Credit Card Fee Reforms in Wall Street Reform Bill to Help Main Street Pharmacies Compete
 
6.10.2010NCPA Supports Reps. Braley and Welch in Their Push for Congressional Oversight Hearings on Unregulated Pharmacy Benefit Manager Industry
 
6.09.2010NCPA Offers Recommendations for Antitrust Polices at Senate Oversight Hearing on Enforcement Agencies
 
6.07.2010NCPA Commends Representatives Marion Berry and Walter Jones for Pressing CMS to Act on Part D Plans Circumventing of Prompt Pay Law
 
6.07.2010Walgreens Drops Out of CVS Caremark Plans, Further Substantiating Claims of NCPA and Others about Impact of Merger
 
6.07.2010NACDS, NCPA Commend Mississippi Division of Medicaid for Reversing Proposed Reduction in Health Provider Reimbursement
 
6.02.2010Independent Community Pharmacists Will Meet. Learn. Succeed—at the 2010 NCPA Annual Convention and Trade Exposition
 
5.28.2010NCPA Commends FTC Delay of 'Red Flags Rule,' Urges Congress to Approve Pharmacy Exemption
 
5.20.2010NCPA Supports Inclusion of Medicaid Funding in 'Jobs Bill'
 
5.19.2010NCPA Applauds CMS Action Urging Fox Insurance to Reimburse Pharmacies
 
5.12.2010NCPA 42nd Annual Legislative Conference Concludes With Renewed Focus to Ensure Patients Have Access to Community Pharmacy Services
 
5.07.2010NCPA Backs Bill to Preserve Seniors' Access to Diabetes Supplies at Community Pharmacies
 
5.07.2010NCPA Welcomes Multiple Investigations Into CVS Caremark's Business Practice at the Federal and State Levels
 
5.06.2010NCPA Applauds Rep. Weiner for Introducing Bill to Rein in Pharmacy Benefit Manager Practices That Hurt Patients, Plan Sponsors and Community Pharmacies
 
5.03.2010NCPA Helps Pharmacy Owners With Jumpstart Your Pharmacy Business: A Seminar for Owners
 
4.27.2010A Game Changer - Pharmacist Friendly Path to Part B Reimbursement for Diabetes Education
 
4.21.2010NCPA, FBI LEEDA and Purdue Pharma L.P. Continue to Fight Pharmacy Crime
 
4.20.2010NCPA Statement on Donald Berwick's Nomination to be CMS Administrator
 
4.19.2010800 Community Pharmacies Launch Initiative for Safe Disposal of Unused Patient Medications
 
4.14.2010NCPA Urges CMS Not to Approve Mississippi Medicaid Proposal Endangering Patient Access to Pharmacy Prescription Drug Services
 
4.13.2010NCPA Offers Important Considerations to Combating Meth Labs Problem Examined in Senate Hearing
 
3.24.2010NCPA Urges Return to Common-Sense Policy for Providing Long-Term Care Residents Pain Medications
 
3.24.2010NCPA's Bruce Roberts to Conclude Tenure as CEO in June
 
3.22.2010NCPA Commends Pharmacy Provisions in Health Care Reform Legislation Cleared by Congress
 
3.16.2010NCPA Supports Department of Defense Regulation Requiring Drug Manufacturers Pay Rebates Into TRICARE Program
 
3.11.2010Berry Health Reform Bill Includes Provisions Helpful to Patients, Community Pharmacies
 
3.10.2010NCPA Praises Senate for Passing 'Jobs' Bill With Health Care Provisions, Urges House to Follow Suit
 
3.05.2010Coalition Urges FDA to Utilize Local Pharmacists in Drug Safety Programs
 
3.04.2010Community Pharmacists Rise to Meet Winter Weather Challenges, Survey Finds
 
3.03.2010NCPA Asks CMS to Prevent Medicare Part D Plans From Exploiting Prompt Pay Provisions
 
3.02.2010NCPA Commends Health Care Provisions in New Senate 'Jobs' Bill
 
3.02.2010NCPA Partners With Sharps Compliance to Help Community Pharmacies Promote Rx Disposal Programs During Earth Week
 
2.23.2010NCPA Testifies in Support of Bill to Improve Federal Employees' Drug Benefit
 
2.22.2010NCPA Responds to New White House Health Reform Proposal
 
2.18.2010NCPA Proposes Pharmacy Priorities to the White House for Health Care Reform Summit
 
2.17.2010NCPA Urges Senate Majority Leader Reid to Back DMEPOS Pharmacy Exemption Before Deadline
 
2.11.2010Senate 'Jobs' Bill Provision Would Preserve Seniors Access to Essential Medical Supplies at Community Pharmacies
 
2.02.2010NCPA Responds to President's 2011 Budget Proposal
 
1.29.2010NCPA Backs Bill to Improve Federal Employees' Drug Benefit; Offers Changes to Legislation
 
1.28.2010NCPA Responds to President Obama's State of the Union Address by Reiterating Priorities to Strengthen the Role of Pharmacists in Health Care
 
1.26.2010NCPA Commends Senators Baucus, Grassley for Urging Discretion in Enforcement of Medicare DMEPOS Accreditation Requirement
 
1.25.2010NCPA Testifies to HIT Policy Committee on Benefits of E-Prescribing, Offers Suggestions for Improvements
 
1.14.2010Powerful, Diverse Coalition Urges Congressional Leaders to Strengthen PBM Transparency Provision in Final Health Care Reform Bill
 
1.14.2010Pharmacy Groups Urge Changes to Costly Long-Term Care Mandate in Health Reform Bill; Offer Alternatives
 
1.06.2010NCPA Offers Updated Health Care Reform Recommendations As Senate, House Prepare Final Legislation
 
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