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2006 Press Releases • Bush Administration Plays Scrooge to Medicaid Patients • Take As Directed: A Prescription Not Followed • Pharmacists Rank High in Honesty and Ethics • Wal-Mart Generics Program: Less Than Meets The Eye • NCPA Elects New Officers and Executive Committee • CVS-Caremark Merger: Where Does it Leave Patients? • Community Pharmacy Wins Key Support from AmerisourceBergen • Medco Agrees to Settle Fraud Charges • Wal-Mart PR Stunt Goes Nationwide • Washington State University Students Win 2006 NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Business Plan Competition • NCPA Foundation Offers 'Las Vegas' Print to Raise Funds for Student Scholarships • Bentley Receives Prescription Drug Safety Award • Cardinal Health, Medicine Shoppe International, Inc. Receive 2006 NCPA Corporate Recognition Award • Leticia Van De Putte Receives Charles M. West Distinguished American Award • White Named Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year • 2006 John W. Dargavel Medal Awarded to L. David Sparks • Blumenschein Named Faculty Liaison of the Year by NCPA Foundation • NCPA Foundation Announces Scholarship Winners • Wilson Honored for Work with Pharmacy Students • Wal-Mart Pulls Another Fast One • Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Nears • Access to Care for TRICARE Patients Protected • Wal-Mart Offers Up Classic Bait-and-Switch • Community Pharmacy Fairness Act Tops 100 Cosponsors • Reimbursement is Number One Concern of Community Pharmacists • New Online Tool Explains Medicare Coverage Gap to Pharmacists, Seniors • NCPA Opposes CMS' Proposed Rule on Sale of Durable Medical Equipment • Military Families Deserve Prescription Choice • NCPA Announces Finalists for Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition • Community Pharmacists to Meet in Las Vegas October 7-11 • Louisiana Governor Signs Bill to Encourage Generic Dispensing • Louisiana Legislature Is First to "Fix" Deficit Reduction Act • Prompt Pay Legislation Tops 100 Cosponsors • PBM Scare Tactics Have No Basis In Truth • NCPA Offers Free Osteoporosis CE • U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Effort to Overturn Maine Law Regulating Business Practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers • Federal Court Upholds Pharmacists' Ability to Compound Drugs • CMS Backs Off Testimony Before House Subcommittee • CMS Delays Release of AMP Figures; Definition Still Unclear • Pharmacists Rally on Capitol Hill to Fix Part D • Pharmacist-led Asthma Research Study Tops 2,000 Enrollees • NCPA to PCMA: Thanks, But No Thanks • Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) And Mail Order: The Middlemen Win, The Patients Lose • Medicare Part D Needs Fixing Now • Number of Independent Pharmacies on the Rise • Reps. Jones and Berry Introduce Comprehensive Prompt Pay Bill • CMS' McClellan Announces Pharmacy Quality Alliance • Mississippi Makes PBM Prompt Payment The Law • Pharmacists Uncover Uncontrolled Asthma • NCPA Survey Finds Continuing Cash Flow Crisis • Pharmacists Launch National Asthma Intervention Program • NCPA Hosts Pharmacy Ownership Workshop • Statement from Bruce Roberts, RPh, Executive Vice President and CEO In Response to the President’s Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Proposal • Congress Slashes Medicaid Reimbursement to Pharmacy • Medicare Part D Causes Cash Flow Crisis for Community Pharmacy

2005 Press Releases • Congress Tries To Gut Medicaid Pharmacy Distribution System • Ohio Jury Finds Medco Defrauded Retired Teachers • NCPA Elects New Officers, Executive Committee at 107th Annual Convention • NCPA Applauds Introduction of Medicare Part D Eligibility Solution • NCPA Foundation Announces Research Grant Award Winners • NCPA Strengthens Operations with Internal Promotions • CMS Clarifies Pharmacy Professional Services Billing Format • Community Pharmacists Blast House Vote on Medicaid Cuts • Community Pharmacists Continue to Oppose Medicaid Budget Cuts • NCPA Resolutions Address Compounding, Medicare Modernization Act and Proposed Medicaid Changes • University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy Students Win2005 NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Business Plan Competition • Court Upholds Maine’s Right to Protect Its Citizens from PBM Abuse • Community Pharmacists Blast Proposed Medicaid Cuts • Improved Signage Increases Sales, Communications for Community Pharmacists • No Refill for Medicaid Patients • Bubar Receives Prescription Drug Safety Award • National Community Pharmacists Association Encourages Independent Pharmacies to Support Growing Electronic Prescribing Trend • NCPA Foundation, PIP Scholarship Winners Announced • Spence Named Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist Of The Year • Eleven Pharmacy Organizations Receive NCPA’s Spirit Of Independence Award • Letendre Named Faculty Liaison Of The Year By NCPA Foundation • Pauline Ritter Montgomery Receives Charles M. West Distinguished American Award • Rochester Drug Cooperative Receives NCPA Corporate Recognition Award • Shapiro, Olig Honored At NCPA’s 107th Annual Convention • NCPA Foundation Offers Fifth In Series; ‘Fort Lauderdale’ Print To Raise Funds For Pharmacies Affected By Hurricane Katrina • Medicaid Cuts In Pharmacy: A Prescription For Disaster • Retail Groups File Antitrust Case Against Visa, MasterCard and Major U.S. Banks • NCPA Statement on the Creation of the American Health Information Community • FTC Report Misses Mark • Community Pharmacists Welcome Opportunity to Educate Seniors About New Prescription Drug Benefit • The PBM Game Is Up • Pharmacy Benefit Management Companies Attempt to Scuttle Consumer Choice • NCPA Announces Finalists for Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition • NCPA Launches Online Medicare Resource Center • Pharmacists Expand Assisted Living And Long Term Care Services • What Do They Have To Hide? • Independent Pharmacists Garner Cosponsors For Negotiation Rights Legislation • NCPA Applauds North Dakota Legislature, Governor For Enacting PBM Regulation • NCPA Partners With CMS, SSA To Help Low-Income Beneficiaries Apply For Medicare Drug Benefit • 2005 NCPA-Pfizer Digest: Total, Prescription Sales Increase At Nation’s Independent Pharmacies • Under Intense Scrutiny, PBM Industry Lashes Out At Nation’s Small Business, Independent Pharmacists • PSTAC Launches Website • NCPA Applauds Court Ruling Concerning Maine Law Regulating PBM Activities • NCPA Hosts Inaugural Industry Advisory Council • NCPA Announces Long Term Community Care Initiative • Free Medicare CE Available To Pharmacists Online • NCPA Applauds CMS Incorporation of Electronic Prescribing in Medicare Regulations • Community Pharmacists Receive Grant Assistance Through NCPA, Community Pharmacy Foundation Joint Project • Prescription Insurance Specialist Training Program Now Available

2004 Press Releases • Dan Buffington Receives Burgess L. Gordon Memorial Award • Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy Students Win Inaugural NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Business Plan Competition • NCPA Resolutions Address Medicare Rx Law, Mandatory Mail Order, Rx Drug Price Posting • NCPA Foundation Announces Research Grant Award Winners • NCPA To Launch Complementary And Alternative Medicine Portal On Pharmacist E-Link™ • NCPA, APCI Partner To Represent Interests Of Community Pharmacists • NCPA, Pharmacy Choice Build Online Employment Resource For Independent Pharmacies, Pharmacists • James Named Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist Of The Year • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals Receives NCPA Corporate Recognition Award • Mark Riley Receives Charles M. West Distinguished American Award • Schiffer, Schutte, Pruitt, and Creanza Honored at NCPA’s 106th Annual Convention • 2004 NCPA-Pfizer Digest: Independent Pharmacies Report Growth In Prescription Volume, Increase In Patient Services • NCPA Foundation Offers Fourth In Series ‘Boston’ Print To Raise Funds For Scholarships • Pharmacists e-Link™ Expands Offerings To Include Business Opportunities • Scholarship, Outstanding Faculty Liaison Award Winners Announced By NCPA • NCPA Drives Electronic Prescribing By Promoting SureScripts Membership Program • NCPA Hosts First Corporate Member Congress • Over 200,000 Medicare Beneficiaries Choose Community Care RxSM • NCPA’s Popomaronis Appointed to Medicare DME Advisory Panel • Findings Of Men’s Health Study Published In Peer-Reviewed Journal • NCPA Offers Pharmacists Opportunity To Expand Business Through Therapeutic Foot Care • 10 Questions That Benefits Managers Should Ask Their PBM • Health Care Decision Makers Disconnected From Benefit Pricing Process • NCPA Announces Finalists for Inaugural Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition • X12 Pharmacy Advisory Panel Renamed Pharmacist Services Technical Advisory Coalition • 2004 NCPA-Pfizer Digest: Gross Margins, Net Profits Rise as Total, Prescription Sales Increase at Nation's Independent Pharmacies • NCPA Offers Diabetes, Cardiovascular Care Certificate Programs Online • Community Care Rx Board of Directors Pledges Lid on Medicare Rx Prices • PBM Conflicts, Medicare Reform Highlighted by NCPA Legislative Conference Speakers • NCPA, PAAS National Launch Joint Membership Program • Community Care Rx Announces Medication Management Program • NCPA Announces Medicare Endorsement of the Community Care Rx Program to Provide Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card • NCPA, Buy-Sellapharmacy.com Partner to Offer Expanded Independent Pharmacy Matching Service • Community Care Rx Receives Endorsement from 41 Pharmacy Stakeholders • NCPA Establishes Virtual Mentors for Pharmacy Ownership • SquareTrade Launches Licensed Pharmacy Program in Partnership With the National Community Pharmacists Association • NCPA Establishes Contract Clearing House for Potential Medicare-Endorsed Discount Card Contracts • NCPA Seeking Endorsement to Provide Medicare-Approved Drug Discount Card for the Nation's Medicare Beneficiaries • NCPA Partners With PCCA For Pharmacy Students

2003 Press Releases • Buffington Represents Pharmacists' Interests On The American Medical Association’s Health Care Professionals Advisory Committee • Statement On Proposed Medicare Drug Benefit Conference Agreement • NCPA, Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care Launch Initiative To Promote Pharmacist Care Services • NCPA Elects New Officers, Executive Committee At 105th Annual Convention • NCPA Foundation Awards 2003 Research Grants • NCPA Introduces Long-T