Press Release: The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) today released a set of recommendations that would allow biopharmaceutical companies to more easily share health care economic information (HCEI) with entities that make formulary and coverage decisions.
AMCP webinar that provided a legal and regulatory overview of state-level access to opioid overdose antidotes and discussing best practices for educating patients and providers on the prevention of opioid overdose.
Press Release: The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation is delighted to announce that six student pharmacists from across the country will participate in summer internship programs offered by the AMCP Foundation in partnership with Allergan, Inc. and Pfizer, Inc.
On June 15, 2016, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)1 released its June 2016 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System2. Of the 347-page report, three chapters focus on examining policy issues related to prescription drugs, with a particular focus around “rapid growth in drug prices, which can affect beneficiary access to needed medications, as well as the financial sustainability of the Medicare program.”
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is writing to express our opposition to certain mandated provisions in S. 3419 – C, an act establishing and mandating requirements for step therapy programs used by insurers, et al. This legislation as proposed would impose unnecessary additional requirements for an insurer’s step therapy program.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) acknowledges that abuse deterrent opioid analgesic drug products are appropriately prescribed for certain patients, but should not be required by state mandates. For this reason, AMCP opposes House Bill 1048 because it implements a state mandate requiring the use of the abuse deterrent products that may not be necessary for every patient.