Press Release: The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of its 16th Annual National Student Pharmacist Pharmacy & Therapeutics Competition (P&T) and 2016 Best Student Pharmacist Poster and Best Resident or Fellow Poster Contests.
Press Release: More than 4,200 managed care pharmacists and other health care professionals from across the country are gathered in San Francisco, Calif., this week to attend the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy Annual Meeting.
Press Release: Managed care pharmacy will recognize its most distinguished leaders this evening at the Annual Awards Dinner of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) and AMCP Foundation.
Press Release: Patients with high cholesterol should use proven and less expensive therapies, such as statins, before trying the new and more expensive class of specialty cholesterol drugs known as PCSK9 inhibitors.
The language in S. 1913 now included as part of S. 524 strikes the appropriate balance of prospectively identifying at-risk beneficiaries and help them obtain the necessary treatment sooner to address addictions potential abuse while simultaneously preserving a beneficiaries’ rights to be notified, submit their preferences for prescriber and pharmacy, and exercise appeals.
On March 8, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule titled “Medicare Program; Part B Drug Payment Model1” under the authority of section 1115A of the Social Security Act and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).
Press Release: The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) urges the full Senate to pass the “Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016” (S. 524) with a provision that tackles the issue of opioid abuse and diversion among Medicare Part D beneficiaries.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) thanks the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the opportunity to provide comments in response to the notice titled “Advance Summary of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2017 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates, Part C and Part D Payment Policies and 2017 Call Letter” released on February 19, 2016.
Press Release: A diverse group of health care stakeholders participating in an Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) forum reached agreement on a wide range of recommendations to make it easier for pharmaceutical companies to share pharmacoeconomic information with health care organizations that make coverage decisions.