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.

August 2008

08.21.2008

New Medicare Law Igniting Physician Groups to Adopt E-Prescribing

08.01.2008

PCMA Statement on Baucus-Conrad Comparative Effectiveness Legislation

July 2008

07.24.2008

PCMA President and CEO Mark Merritt Testifies Before House Oversight & Government Reform Committee on Medicare Part D

07.24.2008

PCMA President and CEO Mark Merritt’s Testimony Before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

07.09.2008

PCMA Statement on Passage of Medicare Bill: E-Prescribing Requirement a Major Victory for Seniors

June 2008

06.25.2008

CBO: Biogenerics Would Save Federal Government $6.6 Billion Over Ten Years

06.24.2008

Time for Policymakers to Choose: ‘Prompt Pay’ Mandate or Postpone AMP Reimbursement Cuts

06.09.2008

New PCMA Ad: Pharmacist ‘Prompt Pay’ Will Trigger ‘Domino Effect’ Among Other Medicare Providers

06.09.2008

New PCMA ‘Prompt Pay’ Ad

06.09.2008

New Photo Gallery: The PCMA/RxHub ePrescribing Symposium

May 2008

05.20.2008

PCMA’s New Ad Campaign: E-Prescribing is Ready Now

05.01.2008

Consumers, Employers, Unions, and Medical Professionals E-Prescribing Letter to Capitol Hill

05.01.2008

Consumers, Businesses, Unions, and Medical Professionals: Time for Congress to Act on E-Prescribing Legislation

April 2008

04.29.2008

PCMA’s New E-Prescribing TV Ad

04.29.2008

PCMA’s New E-Prescribing Ad Campaign: ‘Each Year We Wait, More People Die’

04.18.2008

PCMA: Court of Appeals Upholds Challenge to D.C.’s PBM Fiduciary-Disclosure Law

04.10.2008

PCMA: ‘Protect Your Pharmacy Week’ Should Focus On Safeguarding Part D Anti-Fraud Tools

04.10.2008

New PCMA “Bad Apples” Print Ad

04.02.2008

CMS Releases Final E-Prescribing Standards in Medicare

March 2008

03.26.2008

PCMA: Independent Drugstore Lobby’s “Prompt Pay” Agenda Could Cost Medicare $3.3 Billion Over the Next Decade.

03.25.2008

Employers: Proven PBM Tools Slowing Cost of Prescription Drug Benefits

03.18.2008

PCMA Statement on Comparative Effectiveness

03.10.2008

New MedPAC Report: Abbreviated Biogenerics Pathway ‘Urgently Needed’

February 2008

02.25.2008

New Government Data: Mail-Service Pharmacies Grow, But Public Programs Lag Behind

02.07.2008

PCMA E-PRESCRIBING VIDEO

02.06.2008

PCMA Applauds Secretary Leavitt’s Support For Requiring E-Prescribing in Medicare

02.04.2008

FTC Opposes Collective Bargaining For Providers in Puerto Rico

January 2008

01.31.2008

CMS: Part D Costs $117 Billion Lower Than Expected

01.29.2008

PCMA: 2008 Health Debate Highlights ‘Workable Solutions’ Like E-Prescribing

01.15.2008

PCMA: New CBO Analysis Confirms Independent Pharmacy ‘Collective Bargaining’ Legislation Increases Costs for Consumers and Payors

01.11.2008

PCMA: New Study on Independent Pharmacy Reimbursements Will “Raise Eyebrows” on Capitol Hill

01.10.2008

PCMA 2008 Agenda: Support E-Prescribing, Biogenerics; Oppose Bills that Increase Costs

01.08.2008

PCMA: PBMs Keep Drug Prices Stable While Expanding Access

01.08.2008

Prime Therapeutics Joins PCMA

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