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Maintaining Access to Community Pharmacy in Rural America
By Devin Stone A new study highlights the tightrope many community pharmacies in rural areas find themselves on as well as the potentially devastating impact further reduction in reimbursement could...
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What the Latest Senate Health Care Reform Proposal Means for Community Pharmacy
We’re still reviewing the 2,000+ page health reform proposal released by Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday night, but here’s what our initial read shows: Senate Finance Committee’s AMP Fix Retained –...
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Health Reform Bill Could Include Cost of Dispensing Study
By Kevin Schweers Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) today filed an amendment to the health care reform bill that would require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a Medicaid cost of dispensing...
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New Ad Makes the Case for Medicaid AMP Fix in Health Reform
By Kevin Schweers Two years ago this week something significant and positive happened for Medicaid patients and their community pharmacists. This December, we’re working for more of the same. Under...
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Pressing Phamacy Issues Covered In Opinion Pages
By John Norton (NOTE: To read all NCPA opinion pieces go to the following link.) As the health care reform efforts kicks into overdrive, NCPA recently had three opinion pieces published advocating for...
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Medicaid AMP ‘Fix’ Moves Closer to Finish Line
By John Coster In the wake of Senate passage of health care reform legislation on Christmas Eve morning, momentum on Capitol Hill is continuing to build for a Medicaid AMP “fix” that is fair to...
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GAO to Congress: Pharmacies Face Major Medicaid Cuts without Congressional...
By John Coster A new government study affirms that community pharmacies would, on average, be significantly underpaid for dispensing generic prescription drugs to Medicaid recipients under an existing...
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Getting that Medicaid AMP Fix Right in Health Reform
By Kevin Schweers On Capitol Hill it’s crunch time for health care reform as negotiations between House and Senate leaders pick up speed. A top priority for community pharmacies is getting an adequate...
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A Massachusetts Monkey Wrench in Health Care Reform?
By John Coster, RPh., Ph.D. The upset Republican win in Tuesday’s Senate race in Massachusetts calls into question the future of the health care reform legislation that consumed so much congressional...
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Medicaid News in the States
By John Coster, RPh., Ph.D. Economic downturns like the current one produce a double-whammy for federal and state Medicaid budgets: enrollment in the program grows as there’s less money to pay for it....
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