On June 16, Senate Finance Committee Democrats released an RFI on proposals to lower the cost of prescription drugs. On Aug. 17, AMCP submitted comments in response.
Letters, Statements & Analysis
AMCP communicates the importance of managed care pharmacy by collaborating with members to provide comments, analysis, and testimony to Congress and federal and state agencies on the impact of proposed regulations and laws on managed care pharmacy and patients.
On June 5, the New York State Assembly passed S.5939C/A.5882C, commonly referred to as the Patient Access to Pharmacy Act (PAPA), sending the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reimbursement legislation to Governor Kathy Hochul for consideration. The Senate previously passed the measure on May 28.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) thanks the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the opportunity to provide comments in response to the proposed rule titled Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance.
A federal district court in Georgia issued a sweeping ruling that could potentially undermine the legal foundation of the Medicare Advantage (MA) Star Ratings program and invite additional challenges to policies established through sub-regulatory guidance. The court found that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) improperly relied on measures based on data not collected through the statutorily required measurement systems and failed to meet notice-and-comment requirements for certain measures.
