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Amid the bright lights and sounds of country music on Broadway, health care professionals will convene in Nashville, Tennessee, next week for the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2026 meeting to discuss key topics in the field.

In Plugged In, NewsChannel 5 chats with the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy about getting patients medicine they need at a cost they can afford!

As pharmacy benefit management grows more complex, managed care organizations are increasingly relying on advanced analytical tools and RWE to guide coverage decisions, streamline utilization management, and support value-based reimbursement strategies. With specialty therapies commanding rising spend and policy shifts affecting patient access and affordability, the integration of AI and RWE is gaining traction among payers and their partners as a strategic imperative.

Reports Outline Follicular Lymphoma Study Results from Denise Wolff et al (AMCP Market Insights: Managed care approaches to bispecific antibodies with a focus on follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma): Oncology – Follicular Lymphoma

Researchers from University of Utah Report Findings in Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy (Optimization of Oncology Biomarker Testing In Managed Care: Best Practices and Consensus Recommendations From an Amcp Market Insights Program): Drugs and Therapies – Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy

Findings from Ryan Haumschild et al Update Understanding of Mucopolysaccharidoses (AMCP Market Insights: The role of managed care in improving patient care in mucopolysaccharidoses): Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases and Conditions – Mucopolysaccharidoses

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) can perform many services for health plans such as claims processing, pricing and rebate negotiations, and formulary management. But if the relationship isn’t working, don’t continue to ride it out, speakers said during the AMCP 2025 Nexus meeting, in National Harbor, Maryland.

When a 34-year-old patient being treated for stage IV colorectal cancer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in Nashville, Tennessee, was notified that his medication was no longer covered by his insurer, he contacted Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy. Pharmacists there immediately submitted a prior authorization that was denied, and they were told there was no appeal option.

The role of the pharmacist, managed care pharmacist job satisfaction and artificial intelligence were among the topics that Susan A. Cantrell, CEO of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, discussed with Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., in this episode of "Conversations with Perry and Friends."

After years of trying, Congress is finally on the verge of passing legislation aimed at lowering prescription drug prices by targeting the intermediaries that help negotiate them.

Write-ups of presentations on the 340B Drug Pricing Program were among the most viewed conference-related articles on the MHE website in 2025. At the 2025 AMCP annual meeting in Houston, John M. O'Brien, Pharm.D., M.P.H., president and CEO of the National Pharmaceutical Council, shared concerns and potential reforms in a conversation with Managed Healthcare Executive.

After months of fruitless negotiations to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that have since expired, congressional leaders announced Tuesday they’d notched a rare bipartisan win to overhaul other parts of the health care system.