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Apr 10, 2016

Letter to the Editor: Kudos to Buddy Carter from Medicare patients

Savannah Morning News
On behalf of Medicare patients in Georgia who rely on long term care (LTC) pharmacies for their prescription medication, I’d like to thank Congressman Buddy Carter, R-Ga., for advocating for increased transparency and fairness in prescription drug pricing…Read More

Mar 17, 2016

Secretive Pharmacy Benefit Manager Pricing Schemes Face Growing, Bipartisan Capitol Hill Scrutiny

Morning Consult
When the notorious former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO, Martin Shkreli, made a recent appearance on Capitol Hill to “invoke [his] fifth amendment rights” at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on prescription drug pricing abuses, focus on his alleged misdeeds served a useful purpose: he put a face on the need for more competition and pricing transparency in America’s increasingly complex and tumultuous pharmaceutical marketplace…Read More

Mar 11, 2016

LTC exempted from newly-passed drug bill’s ‘lock-in’ provision

McKnight’s
A bill passed by the Senate on Thursday is earning praise from a leading long-term care pharmacy group for exempting nursing homes from its controversial “lock-in” provision that limits Medicare beneficiaries to using one pharmacy…Read More

Feb 2, 2016

MAC Prices Hit LTC Sites Hard: Margin Loss Seen

Specialty Pharmacy Continuum
Robert Warnock, PharmD, realized that he had a problem. The senior vice president of pharmacy services for PruittHealth, Dr. Warnock oversees pharmacy services for five long-term care (LTC) pharmacies affiliated with Pruitt, which operates about 100 skilled care nursing facilities in the Southeast…Read More

Nov 24, 2015

PBMs Scrutinized for LTC Pharmacy Payment Practices

Pharmacy Times
Long-term care (LTC) pharmacies’ current prescription drug reimbursement model may not be sustainable, a new analysis suggests…Read More

Nov 20, 2015

Community, Long-Term Care Pharmacists Seek More Transparency From PBMs

Inside Health Policy
Community and long-term care pharmacists are pressing for more transparency in pharmacy benefit managers’ Maximum Allowable Cost lists that determine how much pharmacies are paid for generic drugs, pushing back against PBMs’ claims that transparency could lead to higher drug prices…Read More

Oct 9, 2015

Value-based payment, consolidation threaten LTC pharmacies, report claims

McKnight’s
The shift to value based payment models, drug repackaging restrictions and consolidations are among the biggest concerns for the long-term care pharmacy sector, according to report released Thursday by research firm Avalere Health and the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition…Read More

Oct 8, 2015

Long Term Care Pharmacy Sector Plays Key, Growing Role in US Seniors’ Care as New Payment, Delivery Models Gain Prevalence

Pharmacy Times
A new Avalere Health study of the nation’s growing long term care (LTC) pharmacy sector – the most detailed analysis since Medicare Part D was implemented in 2006 – finds LTC pharmacies playing a greater role in seniors’ clinical care as new health payment and delivery models such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), bundled payments and value-based purchasing proliferate amid a rapidly changing healthcare marketplace…Read More

Sep 2, 2015

State Efforts to Reform Secretive Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Pricing Policies Gain National Momentum

Roll Call
Americans today rightly demand more transparency in their governmental, financial and educational institutions. It is the foundation upon which to assess accountability, performance and trust…Read More

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