Last week, nearly 50 experts in managed care convened for AMCP’s Partnership Forum: Health Technology Assessment and Value Frameworks to Inform Coverage Reimbursement.
AMCP mourns the passing of managed care pharmacy icon Judith Cahill. A former CEO of AMCP, Judy led the organization for more than 15 years, growing its membership from 600 to more than 6,000 managed care professionals.
On Wednesday, June 8, the House of Representatives voted to approve the Pre-approval Information Exchange Act as part of the Food & Drug Amendments of 2022 to reauthorize the FDA User Fee Agreements.
AMCP is pleased to be recognized by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a Healthy People 2030 Champion.
AMCP Foundation announces Best Poster recipients during AMCP 2022. This semiannual competition culminates twice per year at AMCP national meetings, with awards for new practitioners presented in three categories.
During AMCP Foundation's 2022 National P&T Competition, the University of Michigan received the first place prize. The competition convened student pharmacists from around the country to develop a formulary drug monograph, considering evidence gaps; value; health equity; and utilization management tools.
Mason Johnson, BS, PharmD candidate, will serve as the 2022–2023 Executive Fellow in Health Care Association Leadership. His fellowship will begin July 1, 2022.
AMCP applauds Senators Moore Capito (R-WV) and Shaheen (D-NH) and Congressmen Thompson (D-CA-5) and McKinley (R-WV-1) on the introduction of the bipartisan Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act.
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, was recently named 2022 Steven G. Avey Award recipient. The Avey award recognizes a managed care leader for sustained, exemplary, and distinguished service to the practice of pharmacy.
AMCP has recently published a manuscript in the Journal of Managed Care + Specialty Pharmacy (JMCP) focusing on the significant role that health plans, managed care organizations, prescribers, pharmacists, patients, and others have in decreasing the morbidity and mortality associated with opioid overdose.
Nearly 40 experts representing payers, pharmacy benefit managers, integrated delivery systems, patient advocates, academicians, and other key stakeholders in the managed care setting convened for AMCP’s Partnership Forum Addressing Evidence Gaps in the Expedited Review Process: Payer Perspectives.
AMCP signed onto an amicus brief in support of the OSHA Rule on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
AMCP is pleased to announce that Jennifer S. Graff, PharmD, has joined the organization as senior director, professional affairs. Dr. Graff will lead strategic efforts for AMCP’s practice-related initiatives and work to advance patient outcomes and medication management strategies.
A group of 14 health care organizations in and around Washington, D.C. issued a joint statement making COVID vaccination a condition of returning to work in their respective offices.