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22

Jul

2024

Amid House Oversight Hearing, Pharmacy Organizations Issue United Call for Action on 'Must-Pass' PBM Reform Legislation

Author: James Keagy

WASHINGTON, DC – A coalition of organizations representing pharmacies and pharmacists across all practice settings released a statement today ahead of a Tuesday, July 23 U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing titled, “The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Prescription Drug Markets Part III: Transparency and Accountability.”

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13

Jun

2024

APhA statement on Supreme Court decision preserving patient access to crucial medications

Author: James Keagy

WASHINGTON, DC—The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is pleased that the result of today’s Supreme Court decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, that the plaintiffs lacked standing, will preserve patients’ access to FDA-approved medications.

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11

Jun

2024

APhA and NASPA release the first PWWR report and learnings for 2024

Author: James Keagy

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) released the ninth installment of the Pharmacy Workplace and Well-being Reporting (PWWR) trends and learnings report series.1

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1

May

2024

APhA’s cybersecurity recommendations to secure the pharmacy ecosystem and patient safety

Author: James Keagy

Washington, DC – The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) released cybersecurity recommendations today for urgent policy changes to better secure the pharmacy ecosystem and patient safety. The recommendations were submitted as Statements for the Record to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee for the congressional hearings taking place today on the Change Healthcare cyberattack.

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8

Apr

2024

APhA calls for strong cybersecurity measures following Change Healthcare outage

Author: James Keagy

WASHINGTON - The Change Healthcare cyberattack made obvious the deep vulnerabilities of our nation’s digital health care infrastructure, resulting in devastating patient care disruption, particularly at community and health system pharmacies across the country. The attack, and even more so the prolonged inability to restore service, severed the lifelines to patient coverage and reimbursement for needed medications.

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