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Jan 30, 2017
Regulators will hone in on pharmacy benefit managers as ‘unaccountable middlemen’ in 2017, expert predicts
Healthcare Finance
The role of pharmacy benefit managers as “unaccountable middlemen” in the national drug pricing chain will result in a higher level of scrutiny from Congress, regulators and the media in 2017….Read More -
Jan 18, 2017
LTC providers ‘win’ with new regs on drug repackaging, group says
McKnight’s
Guidance on medication repackaging recently published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is earning praise from one long-term care pharmacy group, which says the final guidelines help reduce drug-related risks for residents….Read More -
Oct 10, 2016
FDA: Correct Draft Guidance on Drug Packaging
Morning Consult
In 2013, Congress passed the Drug Quality and Security Act to strengthen the Food and Drug Administration’s supervision of compounded drugs. This legislation, passed in response to a nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis, is well intentioned and designed to protect patient safety…Read More -
Sep 13, 2016
Group Hopes Lawmakers Will Define ‘LTC Pharmacy’ By End Of Next Congress
Inside Health Policy
A long term care pharmacy coalition is calling on Congress to legislatively define the term “LTC pharmacy” in an effort to harmonize what it says are conflicting CMS, FDA and Environmental Protection Agency regulations…Read More -
Sep 13, 2016
SCPC to Congress: Fix conflicting oversight and definitions of ‘LTC pharmacy’
Long-Term Living Magazine
The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) wants Congress to iron out the complex maze of federal and state regulations and policies governing long-term care (LTC) pharmacies, warning that differing definitions and overlapping jurisdictions may jeopardize seniors’ access to quality care coordination…Read More -
Sep 8, 2016
Congress urged to adopt clear definition of LTC pharmacies
American Pharmacists Association
The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) on September 6 released a new policy brief warning how differing, conflicting regulations from federal agencies with jurisdiction over long-term care (LTC) pharmacies can threaten older adults’ care during their progression across multiple settings…Read More -
Aug 19, 2016
Letter to Secretary Burwell Re: Long-Term Care Pharmacy
The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (“SCPC”), on behalf of the long term care (“LTC”) pharmacies it represents and the residents of LTC facilities whom those pharmacies serve, is writing to ask your help in reconciling a conflict between two of the agencies within your Department – the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) – related to packaging of prescription drugs in long term care (“LTC”) pharmacies…Read More
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Aug 16, 2016
Pharmacy coalition welcomes major company
McKnight’s
The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition has welcomed PharMerica Corporation as a member…Read More -
Jul 29, 2016
AHCA, pharmacy groups buck federal drug regulations
American Pharmacists Association
The American Health Care Association, the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists assert in a recent letter to FDA that “there is no evidence that LTC pharmacy repackaging has ever created a health or safety issue for LTC residents…Read More
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