A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced bills into both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate that would...

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley and Representatives Diana Harshbarger and Jake Auchincloss introduced the Patien...

NCPA  December 5, 2024 Last week some of our pharmacy champions in Congress—Reps. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), Raja Krishna...

Washington, DC  –  A coalition of organizations representing pharmacies and pharmacists across all practice sett...

NCPA  December 5, 2024 press conferenceYesterday, Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) was joined by 14 bipartisan members of C...

The Business Group on Health says cost increases will drive companies to try new strategies to control costs, including so...

From medicine to milkshakes, Kempson Rexall drugstore has been a staple in the small community of Inman, South Carolina, s...

The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 to make health care and prescription medicine more accessible. Did it succeed?...

Burnout and stress are feelings that many experience throughout periods of their lives, whether it be at work, school, or...

Republicans on Capitol Hill have sent a preliminary offer to Democrats for numerous health care policies to be tacked onto...

Tripp Logan, PharmD, reflects on being named Independent Pharmacist of the Year from the National Community Pharmacists As...

In 2022, the Biden administration passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which allowed Medicare to negotiate prescripti...

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Drug coupon aggregator GoodRx and pharmacy benefit managers including CVS Caremark (CVS.N), opens new ta...

All year, lawmakers have debated contentious policies impacting payers, including Medicare Advantage and the future of pha...

Today, effective and executional pharmacy workflow relies on the common goal of shortening wait times and streamlining ser...

“Pharmacies are the place to get your vaccines,” said David Ha, PharmD, BCIDP. “That is being widely recognized by patient...

Federal regulators are confronting a new twist in drug development: manufacturers that include software with the medicine...

Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) routinely conduct audits on independent pharmacies with the stated goal of preventing fra...

Reps. Celeste Maloy (R-UT), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and Diana Harshbarger (R-TN) introduced the Pharmacy Audit and Com...

After repeated warning about the devastating impact of the Medicare Part D benefit, NCPA officials finally have the data t...

CMS’ failure to require timely, sufficient pharmacy reimbursement will lead to closures not seen since the start of Part D...

On Tuesday, Kevin DeMass, the owner of the Apothecary Shoppe in Salt Lake City, hosted FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak al...

Hurricane Helene was one of the deadliest, costliest storms in U.S. history. The NCPA Foundation is providing funds to tho...

NCPA  October 3, 2024 CMS issued a final national coverage determination (NCD) stating that for claims with dates of...

Two Democratic lawmakers are pushing the Drug Enforcement Administration to take a more lax approach to regulating bupreno...

Dear Pharmacists,   Hurricane Helene is the worst natural disaster to ever hit western North Carolina.  Th...

The agency’s complaint filed Friday alleges Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx steered patients toward higher priced i...

The Federal Trade Commission said Friday that it is suing three drug middlemen, accusing them of inflating insulin prices....

Rebates increase drug prices, says NCPA   ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Sept. 20, 2024) – The National Community Pharmacists Asso...

Insulin prices increased 1,200% in 18 years because of unfair rebate practices: FTC The Federal Trade Commission is suing...

Washington, DC – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) this week welcomed further action at the federal le...

In the midst of a national pharmacist shortage, education foretells the future. Here is the stat: the U.S. Bureau of Labo...

Washington, DC – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) is keeping up the pressure on the urgent need for p...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today is calling on the CEOs of th...

From administrative burdens and burnout to health care consolidation and a Medicare system in need of reform, it’s perhaps...