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Welcome to the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association’s Newsroom where you can access PCMA’s latest media statements and learn more about pharmacy benefit managers’ efforts to reduce costs and increase access on prescription medications for the more than 210 million Americans.
For media or other inquiries, please contact:
Charles Coté, Senior Director of Public Affairs 202-207-3605
To learn more about PCMA’s Electronic Prescribing (E-prescribing) campaign click here.
December 2004
12.22.2004
PCMA: US District Court Blocks PBM Disclosure-Fiduciary Requirements of DC’s Access Rx Act From Taking Effect
12.14.2004
PCMA: Large Employers Choosing Pharmacy Benefit Management Tools to Rein in Prescription Drug Costs for Retirees
12.09.2004
PCMA Applauds Consumer Reports for ‘Shining a Spotlight’ On Issues of Clinical & Cost-Effectiveness of Prescription Drugs
12.06.2004
PCMA: PBMs Protecting New York Consumers & Employers From Retail Pharmacy Mark-Ups on Prescription Drugs
12.03.2004
PCMA: CMS Draft Guidance on Medicare Drug Formularies ‘Constructive Effort;’ Reaffirms PBMs’ Record of Broad Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs
12.02.2004
PCMA: New Independent Analysis Suggests PBMs’ Tools Helping To Reduce Rate of Growth in Prescription Drug Spending in First Half of 2004
November 2004
11.22.2004
PCMA: More Competition Key to Addressing Medicare, Medicaid Prescription Drug Cost Pressures
11.18.2004
PCMA: Consumers Relying on Mail-Service Pharmacies Report Overwhelming Satisfaction, New Survey Research Finds
11.17.2004
PCMA: New Ad Questions Drug-Maker Lobby’s Expensive Medicare Drug Benefit Agenda
11.10.2004
Post-Election Seniors’ Poll on Medicare Drug Benefit: Seniors Strongly Favor More Choice & Competition; Raise Red Flag about Drug Manufacturers’ Role in Drug Benefit Design
October 2004
10.06.2004
PCMA Annual Meeting & Marketing Showcase 2004 to Feature PBM Industry Experts, Policymakers & Thought Leaders
September 2004
09.30.2004
PCMA: Schwarzenegger Veto of One-Size-Fits-All PBM Disclosure Bill Protects California Consumers & Employers from Higher Prescription Drug Costs
09.28.2004
PCMA: Proven Formularies Essential to Success of Medicare Drug Benefit for Seniors and Disabled
09.20.2004
PCMA: CMS Report Details Safe & Effective Approaches for States To Lower Medicaid Prescription Drug Costs, Recognizes PBMs’ Proven Tools
09.20.2004
PCMA: CMS Report Details Safe & Effective Approaches for States To Lower Medicaid Prescription Drug Costs, Recognizes PBMs’ Proven Tools
09.14.2004
PCMA President Mark Merritt Testifies before Senate Finance Committee, Identifies Six Key Issues for Policymakers in Medicare Drug Benefit Rules
09.09.2004
PCMA: Independent Pharmacy Lobby Crows about Record Profits, Calls Medicare Drug Benefit for Seniors ‘Bad News’
August 2004
08.19.2004
PCMA: Medicare Formularies Should Build on PBMs’ Proven Success in Commercial Marketplace
08.10.2004
PCMA Statement Regarding New Kaiser Family Foundation Survey
08.04.2004
PCMA: America’s PBMs Saving New York Consumers & Businesses $91 Billion Dollars on Prescription Drug Costs over Next Decade
July 2004
07.28.2004
New Independent Harvard Business School Study Debunks Myth That PBM Mail-Service Pharmacies Favor Brand-Name Prescriptions More than Retail Pharmacies
07.26.2004
PCMA: Medicare Beneficiaries Move Giant Step Closer to Ending Second-Class Health Care Status
07.23.2004
PCMA: New FTC-DoJ Report Finds ‘Competitive’ PBM Marketplace Saving Consumers & Employers on Cost of Their Prescription Drugs
07.22.2004
PCMA Welcomes Serve You Custom Prescription Management As Newest Member Company
07.21.2004
PCMA Applauds Administration’s Call for Improving Nation’s Health Care Information Infrastructure
07.16.2004
PCMA: New Kaiser Family Foundation Medicare Drug ‘Analysis’ Offers Recycled Pessimistic Views; Fails to Recognize How PBMs Work
07.14.2004
PCMA: New Analysis Concludes Pharmacy Benefit Managers to Save $1.3 Trillion Dollars on Prescription Drug Costs over Next Decade
07.02.2004
PCMA: New Kaiser Family Foundation Report on Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit & PBMs Appears to Push Drug Makers’ Agenda
June 2004
06.28.2004
PCMA Files Suit against District of Columbia To Protect District Residents from Higher Prescription Drug Costs
06.28.2004
PCMA Files Suit against District of Columbia To Protect District Residents from Higher Prescription Drug Costs
06.21.2004
PCMA: US Supreme Court Ruling Preserves Employers’ Ability To Design Affordable, Quality Prescription Drug Plans
06.08.2004
PCMA President Mark Merritt Testifies Before Senate Finance Committee On Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card Program
06.02.2004
PCMA: ‘VA-Style’ Prescription Drug Benefit Won’t Work in Medicare
May 2004
05.26.2004
Stubborn Fact: PBM-Administered Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Cards Will Provide Seniors Discounts Averaging 17 – 35 Percent
05.18.2004
PCMA: New JAMA Analysis Suggests Employers Striking Right Balance in Prescription Drug-Plan Benefit Design
05.17.2004
New PCMA Advertisement Challenges Independent Community Pharmacy Trade Group To Explain to Seniors:
05.14.2004
PCMA: New Medicare Data Show Medicare Discount Cards Driving Down Drug Prices by Additional 10 Percent in Past Week Alone
05.11.2004
PCMA Welcomes CIGNA Pharmacy Management as Newest Board-Level Member of Association
05.06.2004
PCMA: New Government Data Suggests Seniors Will Save Hundreds Of Dollars Per Year Through Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Cards
05.06.2004
PCMA: New Government Data Suggests Seniors Will Save Hundreds Of Dollars Per Year Through Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Cards
05.03.2004
PCMA: Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Cards Will Save Money, Represent Huge Improvement over Status Quo for Millions of Seniors
April 2004
04.30.2004
PCMA: New Medicare Drug Discount Card ‘Analysis’ Riddled with Errors & Omissions
04.20.2004
PCMA Launches New Medicare Drug Discount Card Advertising Campaign; ‘Being Carded Never Felt So Good’ Theme of TV & Print Ads
04.14.2004
PCMA: New Health Affairs Analysis Suggests Medicare Drug Discount Cards Will Help Low-Income Beneficiaries, Those in ‘Poor’ Health Most
March 2004
03.25.2004
PCMA: America’s PBMs to Offer Medicare-Sponsored Drug Discount Cards For Seniors and Disabled Beneficiaries
03.23.2004
PCMA: Medicare Trustees’ Report ‘Sobering Reminder’ to Policymakers To Embrace Choice, Competition in Medicare
03.22.2004
Legislation Eliminating Mail-Order Pharmacy Option Will Increase Cost Of Prescription Drugs for Michigan Consumers by Nearly 10 Percent
03.10.2004
PCMA: US District Court Blocks Maine Prescription Drug Law from Taking Effect
03.09.2004
PCMA President Mark Merritt Testifies before Senate Aging Committee On Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Cards
February 2004
02.25.2004
PCMA: Medicare Beneficiaries Deserve More Choice and Competition, Not False Promises
02.11.2004
PCMA: New Government Data ‘Direct Challenge’ to Medicare Policymakers To Replicate PBMs’ Proven Success in Helping to Lower Rx Drug Spending Growth Rate
January 2004
01.21.2004
PCMA: President Bush Sets the Stage For a Vigorous Health Care Debate in 2004
01.16.2004
PCMA: New ‘Research’Bankrolled by Retail Pharmacy Lobby Contradicts Independent Government Data
01.08.2004
PCMA: New Government Data on 2002 Health Spending Finds PBM Techniques Helped Lower Rate of Growth in Prescription Drug Spending
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