NEWSROOM

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 2005

12.21.2005

PCMA: Families USA Medicare Drug-Price Report Doesn’t Add Up

12.15.2005

PCMA Supports AHRQ’s Efforts to Provide Consumers With More Information to Evaluate Competing Therapies

12.09.2005

PCMA: Gallup Poll Highlights Need for Robust Mail-Service Pharmacy Option in Medicare, Commercial Market

12.02.2005

PCMA: Greenspan Remarks on Medicare Spending Underscore Need for Pharmacy Benefit Management Tools

November 2005

11.14.2005

PCMA Launches New Advertising Campaign Highlighting PBM Drug Price Discounts in Medicare

11.08.2005

PCMA: U.S. First Circuit Court’s Decision Upholds PBM Fiduciary Law in Maine

11.03.2005

PCMA: CMS Refinements to Medicare Competitive Acquisition Program a Step Forward

11.02.2005

PCMA: New Medicare Electronic Prescribing Standards Provide Historic Foundation for 21st Century Pharmaceutical Care

October 2005

10.25.2005

PCMA: Savings Potential of Generic Drugs Threatened by Drug Monopoly Provisions Considered for Biodefense Legislation

10.25.2005

PCMA: Savings Potential of Generic Drugs Threatened by Drug Monopoly Provisions Considered for Biodefense Legislation

10.21.2005

CCPM Urges U.S. Senate to Reject Drug Monopolies, Announces New Round of Advertising

10.14.2005

PCMA: Extending Prescription-Drug Patents Raises Serious Health Care Cost & Quality Questions

10.06.2005

PCMA: New England Journal of Medicine Article on Medicare & Comparative Effectiveness Underscores Potential of PBMs in New Drug Benefit

September 2005

09.28.2005

PCMA Kicks Off New Advertising Campaign Highlighting Cost-Savings Potential Of Medicare Mail-Service Pharmacies

09.27.2005

PCMA: Families USA Proposal for Medicare Drug Benefit Would Mean Fewer Choices, Less Access for America’s Seniors

09.23.2005

PCMA: Pharmacy Benefit Managers Proud to Play Central Role in Administering Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

09.18.2005

PCMA: Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) Tools Key to Stretching Medicare Drug-Benefit Dollars

09.14.2005

PCMA: New Health IT Studies Underscore Need For Uniform, National Electronic Prescribing Standards

09.07.2005

Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita Web-Links for State Emergency Rules/Orders and Medicaid Information

09.06.2005

PCMA: Federal Trade Commission Finds PBM Mail-Service Pharmacies Provide More Savings than Retail Pharmacies

August 2005

08.02.2005

PCMA: Mail-Service Pharmacy Option Can Save Medicare $86 Billion

June 2005

06.01.2005

PCMA Hosting Specialty Pharmacy Symposium

May 2005

05.23.2005

PCMA Welcomes Priority Healthcare Corporation as Newest Member Of PCMA’s Specialty Pharmacy Council

05.18.2005

PCMA: New Survey Underscores Need for Policymakers to Embrace PBM Tools

05.03.2005

PCMA Raises Serious Concerns about Cost Consequences Of Patent Extension Provisions in Project BioShield II Act

April 2005

04.29.2005

PCMA: Independent Pharmacy Lobby Fails To Answer Key Questions Raised in New Report

04.27.2005

PCMA: New Report Finds Independent Pharmacy Industry Agenda Hurts Consumers, Undermines Competition

04.13.2005

PCMA Intends to Immediately Appeal U.S. District Court Ruling on Maine PBM Fiduciary-Disclosure Law

04.06.2005

PCMA Calls for Uniform Medicare E-Prescribing Standards

March 2005

03.16.2005

PCMA Opposes Any Modification of Noninterference Language in Medicare Modernization Act

03.11.2005

Federal Trade Commission Weighs In Against Restrictions On Mail-Service Pharmacies and Other PBM Cost Saving Tools

February 2005

02.16.2005

PCMA Announces New Specialty Pharmacy Council

02.03.2005

PCMA to Seek Federal District Court Judge Review of Maine Magistrate’s Non-Binding Recommendation

02.01.2005

PCMA: ‘Direct Negotiation’ is Short-Hand For Higher Prescription Drug Costs & Fewer Choices for Seniors

January 2005

01.27.2005

PCMA: Proposed Electronic-Prescribing Rule To Spur Health-Information Technology Revolution

01.18.2005

PCMA: CVS Dumps 140,000 Consumers from Pharmacy Networks In Bid to Charge Higher Drug Prices

01.13.2005

PCMA: Walgreens’ Comments on Generic-Drug Dispensing Rates At Retail & Mail-Order Pharmacies ‘Flat Out Wrong’

01.11.2005

PCMA: New 2003 Prescription Drug-Spending Data Highlights Challenges Facing Policymakers in Addressing Prescription Drug Costs, Information & Quality

01.07.2005

PCMA: New Analysis Finding Fatal Retail Pharmacy Medication Errors Increase Sharply At Beginning of Month Should Be ‘Wakeup Call’ for Drug Safety Agenda

01.03.2005

PCMA: Model Medicare Formulary Guidelines Provide ‘Workable Approach’

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