10.02.08
New PCMA Research: State Legislative Proposals Restricting Access To Generic Medicines Would Increase Costs $29 Billion Over 10 Years
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09.29.08
PCMA: New CBO Analysis Confirms Independent Pharmacy ‘Collective Bargaining’ Legislation Increases Costs for Consumers and Payors
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PCMA: New CBO Analysis Confirms Independent Pharmacy ‘Collective Bargaining’ Legislation Increases Costs for Consumers and Payors
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PCMA’s E-Prescribing Campaign
PCMA and America’s PBMs are leading the charge to require electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) in Medicare. E-prescribing technology reduces medication errors, lowers costs, and provides real-time access to patient medication histories and prescription options.
New Photo Gallery: The PCMA/RxHub E-Prescribing Symposium
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, Senator John Kerry, and the founder of the Center for Health Transformation Newt Gingrich addressing PCMA/RxHub’s recent E-Prescribing Symposium.
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PCMA’s New E-Prescribing TV Ad
Calling e-prescribing “the most important issue to patients in the current Medicare debate,” PCMA has unveiled a new ad campaign urging policymakers to require the use of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) in Medicare. The new ad is a “wake up” call to refocus the Medicare debate on patients, not just the providers who serve them. From a patient’s perspective, e-prescribing is by far the most important issue in the current Medicare debate.
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E-Prescribing Gains Momentum in Congress
In December 2007, the bipartisan “Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 2007” was introduced by Senate Finance Committee Members John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John Ensign, (R-Nev.). View highlights from the e-prescribing press conference featuring Senators Kerry, Ensign, Debbie Stabenow, and John Sununu as well as former House Speaker and e-prescribing advocate Newt Gingrich.
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PCMA E-Prescribing TV Ad featuring Institute of Medicine (IOM) expert panelist J. Lyle Bootman
In July 2006, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report recommending that all physicians begin using e-prescribing by 2010 to help reduce the estimated 1.5 million preventable medication errors that occur in the United States annually. View PCMA’s e-prescribing ad featuring IOM expert panelist J. Lyle Bootman discussing how electronic prescriptions can help avoid medication errors and drug related deaths.
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