AMCP Names Mason Johnson 2022–2023 Executive Fellow in Health Care Association Leadership

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) convened stakeholders across managed care, patient advocacy, life sciences, and research for its Partnership Forum, Insights to Impact: Advancing the Use of Patient Experience Data in Payer Decision-Making, held in Alexandria, Va., in June 2026. The forum focused on how patient experience data (PED) can be more consistently evaluated and applied within payer decision-making frameworks.

Press release announcing that The Main Street Pharmacy Access Act has advanced in the Ways and Means Committee. AMCP thanks committee members for their leadership and recognizes the role AMCP members played in advocating directly with lawmakers to help move this issue forward. This legislation is an important step toward improving access to pharmacist-provided care for Medicare patients — in states that already authorize pharmacists to perform these services.

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) has selected Chelsey Sparks, PharmD candidate at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN, as its 2026–2027 Executive Fellow in Health Care Association Leadership. This year-long program offers a comprehensive, in-depth learning experience for pharmacists interested in health care association leadership or managed care pharmacy.