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Getting that Medicaid AMP Fix Right in Health Reform
By Kevin Schweers On Capitol Hill it’s crunch time for health care reform as negotiations between House and Senate leaders pick up speed. A top priority for community pharmacies is getting an adequate...
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A Massachusetts Monkey Wrench in Health Care Reform?
By John Coster, RPh., Ph.D. The upset Republican win in Tuesday’s Senate race in Massachusetts calls into question the future of the health care reform legislation that consumed so much congressional...
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Roberts: Progress Made; More Battles Ahead; and Adherence is Critical
By Kevin Schweers Health care reform included several provisions to help community pharmacists help their patients, but pharmacists are in no position to sit on the sidelines now that the bill has...
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More Pharmacy Talk with the Feds
By Kevin Schweers Top Democrats and Republicans in Congress and other senior federal officials shared their views on issues affecting pharmacy, during the second day of NCPA’s 2010 National Legislation...
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Community Pharmacists Take Capitol Hill
By Kevin Schweers Some of Congress’ staunchest community pharmacy champions rallied in front of the U.S. Capitol as pharmacists prepared to set out for a day of 200+ meetings with U.S. Senators and...
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Integrating Pharmacists into Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and...
A recent study found that including community pharmacists on medical teams targeting chronic disease is a “viable solution to improve U.S. health care,” but presently there’s no clear path for...
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Survey Affirms Need for Pharmacist, Patient Advocacy on Capitol Hill
By Mark Hendrickson A recent survey by two non-partisan groups of Congressional staff adds more urgency to NCPA’s call to pharmacists to “Get Involved!”. Two non-partisan groups, the Congressional...
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Ex-Governors to Pharmacists: Engage in Your State’s Political Process to...
By Kevin Schweers Two respected, former Governors spoke fondly this week of their first-hand experience with the services of independent community pharmacists and urged pharmacists to take an active,...
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At NCPA’s Legislative Conference, Pharmacists to Stand Up for Their Patients,...
In two weeks hundreds of independent community pharmacists will convene in Washington for NCPA’s Legislative Conference meeting. Indeed, it’s critical for pharmacists to come to Washington May 7-9 and...
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Pharmacist Grassroots Engagement Reaping Results for Pharmacies, Patients
By Michael Rule, Manager of Public Affairs and Grassroots Advocacy Over the past few months, community pharmacy grassroots efforts have led to some modest, but important, legislative and regulatory...
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