The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) appreciates the opportunity to submit comments for the record on the hearing titled “Examining the Opioid Epidemic: Challenges and Opportunities” scheduled for February 23, 2016. AMCP supports a holistic, comprehensive, and multi-stakeholder approach among health care providers and patients that truly addresses the opioid epidemic.
Press Release: This month's issue of the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy (JMCP) takes an in-depth look at various causes and consequences associated with rising health care costs.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) appreciates the opportunity to submit comments for the record on the hearing titled “Examining Implementation of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act” scheduled for February 4, 2016.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) commends the Obama Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for its support of Senator Pat Toomey’s (R-PA) leadership in addressing the opioid epidemic and S. 1913 - “The Stopping Medication Abuse and Protecting Seniors Act.”
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is opposed to the Substitute for House Bill 4812 because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not released guidance on how applicants can demonstrate interchangeability.
Press Release: The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is proud to join 16 other national nonprofit health care organizations in raising awareness among the provider community of illegal online pharmacies and counterfeit medications.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) thanks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for its work in developing strategies to address the growing opioid epidemic in the United States and for the opportunity to provide comments in response to the Proposed 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (CDC-2015-0112).