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).
Press Release: The current issue of the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy (JMCP) features valuable new research on the practice of medication therapy management (MTM) and related pharmacist interventions, topics that to date have remained relatively understudied.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is pleased to provide general comments and recommendations to the Call for Comments on Endorsement Consideration by PQA Members of a New Performance Measure: Adherence to Long-Acting Inhaled Bronchodilator Agents in COPD Patients.
Partnership Forum: Executives from health plans, pharmacy benefit management companies, community and specialty pharmacies and medical societies gathered together in September 2015 to discuss the issues surrounding management of dyslipidemia.
Partnership Forum: On September 16, 2015, AMCP brought together 50 top executives from large U.S. companies and health plans across the nation for a full day of dialogue on critical issues facing the health care system.
AMCP Foundation Symposium: The Fifth Annual AMCP Foundation Symposium convened experts from the public and private sector on October 26, prior to AMCP Nexus 2015 in Orlando, FL, on innovative ways to take on the chronic disease challenge through prevention.
Partnership Forum: Industry leaders gathered June 10-11, 2015 to address the current readiness of MCOs to optimize biosimilars and identify gaps and resources needed.