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Wednesday, April 5, 2023   (0 Comments - view/add)
Pandemic Saw Rise in Opioid Prescriptions Given After Childbirth »
HealthDay News Cara Muraz New mothers who gave birth early in the pandemic filled far more opioid prescriptions than Amer...
Thursday, December 4, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
HIPAA Breach in 2025? Notification to HHS is Required »
What is significant about March 1, 2026? According to the website Days Of The Year , it is National Barista Day, Sha...
Thursday, December 4, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
DEA Suffixes: A Quick Reference for Pharmacists »
According to  21 CFR 1306.03 , a prescriber must be authorized to prescribe controlled substances in the place they...
Thursday, December 4, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation: MTF Data Module Enrollment & Caremark Attestation »
Starting in 2026, Medicare has negotiated the price of  10 brand drugs  under the  Medicare Drug Price N...
Monday, November 24, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Pharmacist and Brother Sentenced to Prison for $15M Health Care and Wire Fraud Scheme »
A former Michigan pharmacist and his brother were sentenced yesterday to eight years in prison and five years in prison, r...
Monday, October 6, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
USP 800: What Community Pharmacies Need to Know »
Most community pharmacies don’t compound with hazardous drugs, but that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook when it comes to...
Monday, October 6, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Illegible Signature? Auditors Are Taking Note! »
A recent audit trend shows that some major PBMs are challenging the perceived legitimacy of patient signatures. In particu...
Monday, October 6, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
CDC Immunization Schedule Adopts Individual-Based Decision-Making for Vaccines »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today updated its adult and child immunization schedules to apply ind...
Thursday, October 2, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Pfizer-Trump Deal Blindsides Other Drug Companies »
Pfizer's decision to announce a deal with the Trump administration on drug prices Tuesday caused an uproar within much of...
Thursday, October 2, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Pfizer’s Drug Price Deal with White House Gives Big Pharma a Booster Shot »
Take a chill pill, investors. Pfizer plans to cut US medication prices as part of an agreement with the White House that a...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Trump Outlines Plan for Third Round of Medicare Drug Price Talks »
The Trump administration issued a final plan Tuesday for how it will carry out the third round of the Medicare drug price...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Trump is Tested on Drug Price Threat »
President Trump's deadline for drug price concessions has come and gone. And so far the pharmaceutical industry's expandin...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Trump Gives Announcement Amid Battle Over Drug Prices »
President Trump gave an announcement on Tuesday from the White House as his deadline for drugmakers to lower prices arrive...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Solutions to Solve Pharmacy Deserts are Elusive »
The role of a community pharmacy remains vital when it comes to serving the most vulnerable populations. That rings true,...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCPA Blasts Gambit by PBMs to “Self-Regulate” »
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Sept. 24, 2025) – The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) issued the following statement to...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCPA: MFN is Part of a Bigger Solution that Includes PBM Reform »
Trump’s effort to negotiate lower drug prices is positive, but incomplete without cracking down on the insurance plans and...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
APhA Alarmed by Claims of Harm from Acetaminophen Without Substantive Science »
As the medication experts, APhA affirms there has been no new evidence in two decades that the use of acetaminophen (Tylen...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Optum Rx Increasing Reimbursement for Brand-Name Drugs for Independent Pharmacies »
The new model is intended to provide pharmacies with better financial means to stock more medicines, which is expected to...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
More States Protect Access to the COVID Shot as Feds Restrict Eligibility »
At least 17 states have taken steps to ensure broader access to the COVID-19 vaccine since last month, when the federal go...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
A Visit to Five Fine Pharmacies in Southern California »
One useful way for pharmacy owners to boost their profits is to learn from other pharmacy owners who are successful. The g...
Monday, September 15, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Reps. Carter and Harshbarger Introduce 340B ACCESS Act »
NCPA  September 15, 2025 On Wednesday, Reps. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) and Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) introduced H.R. 52...
Monday, September 15, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Legislation Introduced to Aid Compounding Pharmacies and Improve Patient Access »
NCPA  September 15, 2025 Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation on Sept. 11 to reform the Food and...
Monday, September 15, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Fear over RFK Jr. Vaccine Panel’s Looming Decisions on Childhood Shots »
Vaccine advisers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected this week to consider softening or elimin...
Sunday, September 14, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
What’s Next for Walgreens Following its Private Equity Sale? »
Walgreens jumped on board the private equity rescue ship named Sycamore Partners earlier this year and late August the dea...
Thursday, September 11, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Upcoming NCPA Items for Pharmacy Teams: September and October 2025 »
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Sept. 11, 2025)  –  The National Community Pharmacists Association is pleased to announce these u...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
COVID Vaccine Policy Remains Cloudy as Cases Rise »
The outlook for COVID boosters has never been as uncertain with schools reopening, day cares filling up and respiratory vi...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
NACDS Chair Rick Gates' Important Op-Ed »
Last week, Walgreen Co. Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, and NACDS Chair, Rick Gates, authored an op-ed i...
Friday, August 15, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Would Your EPIPEN® Claims Pass an Audit? »
PAAS National ® continues to see a large number of EPIPEN ® prescriptions flagged for audit, as well as targeted on Optu...
Sunday, August 10, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Flu Shot Season Is Upon Us – Are You Prepared for an Audit? »
As the flu shot season starts, PAAS National® wants to make sure you are ready to properly document these routine vaccines...
Monday, July 21, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
Republicans are Ready to Revive Stalled Health Care Legislation. Dems Want the GOP to Pay a Price »
Republicans are eyeing an opportunity to enact a bipartisan health package by the end of the year, but Democrats aren’t ex...
Thursday, July 17, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
$95M Caremark Verdict Should Put PBMs On Notice »
Law360 (July 17, 2025, 5:43 PM EDT) --  Bradley Wasser Elizabeth Kunkel While the summer lends itself to often-need...
Friday, July 11, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
DEA Alert: Electronic Prescription Fraud on the Rise »
As technology continues to reshape modern medicine, medical providers have embraced electronic prescribing to improve pati...
Friday, July 11, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
PBMs Are Criticizing Clinical Notes! »
Calling a prescriber’s office due to a prescription with missing elements, or needing clarification, is an inescapable tas...
Thursday, July 10, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
NCPA: New “PBM Reform Act” Must Pass ASAP »
After PBM reform provisions fell out of the budget reconciliation negotiations in June due to a Senate parliamentarian rul...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025   (0 Comments - view/add)
PBM Rules Dropped From Senate Passed Version of Trump's Bill »
The policy would have prevented PBMs from having their compensation linked to the list prices of medications. WASHINGTON...

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