🚨 Attention Patients and Community Members! 🚨

We need your support for SB444 by Senator Jackson-Andrews to help local pharmacies continue providing the medications you need!

🩺 Here's the issue: Drug middlemen impose non-negotiable contracts that often pay community

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Pharmacy association leaders, including NCPA, and demonstrators protested outside the headquarters of Express Scripts, calling for Congress to rein in the harms of monopoly middleman Pharmacy Benefit Managers or PBMs.
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See how far you can go with NCPA's CORE.
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Big news for Louisiana patients and pharmacies: Senator Katrina Jackson-Andrews' SB444 passed on the Senate floor yesterday evening with overwhelming bipartisan support. The bill requires PBMs to reimburse pharmacies no less than their acquisition cost. This is a huge step

'The PBM/insurance conglomerates are among the most aggressive, ruthless, and predatory corporate actors in the entire economy,' Douglas Hoey says, applauding this task force as both encouraging and overdue. NCPA is happy to cooperate with it.

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⚠️ Last call!
Register by noon ET today for NASPA's Pharmacy-Based Point-of-Care Test & Treat National Certificate Program. This course will be offered virtually on May 16, from 12:30-4:30 p.m. ET.
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#EXCLUSIVE – A new group dedicated to holding “big insurers accountable” launched on Thursday with a campaign highlighting the “monopoly power” of UnitedHealth. (Insurance Watchdog Coalition) trib.al/QhLgm2n

Share your thoughts on the drafted guideline for dispensing buprenorphine before the public comment period ends May 31. Shape the future of #CommunityPharmacy and address the #OpioidCrisis . nabp.pharmacy/buprenorphine-…

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.@NCPAF is pleased to announce it has named Sonja Pagniano, CFRE, as its new executive director. Her responsibilities will include leading its strategic growth and implementing fundraising campaigns, marketing efforts, and other projects.

Welcome, Sonja! bit.ly/3JQrgxr

Last call – join us today at 4 p.m. ET to learn more about NCPA’s CORE leadership program. This virtual open house will feature CORE co-creator Scott Pace and NCPA’s Drew Register.
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Owners, don’t overlook the Pharmacy Ownership Workshop! Continuing your education is vital for success. NCPA offers an intensive learning experience in just two days. Prioritize growth for your pharmacy’s future. Attend right before McKesson ideaShare.
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By now, you’ve heard about CORE, NCPA’s new leadership program, but you may wonder what sets it apart. Get the inside scoop when you attend our virtual open house on May 8.
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💡 Bonus: Did you know CORE includes an NCPA Annual Convention registration?

We are excited to introduce you to a new corporate member and sponsor of the NCPA LTC Division — Noritsu Pharmacy Automation, specializing in pharmacy automation equipment and workflow automation.
Check them out at noritsu-rx.com.

📣Two weeks from today, NCPA's CEO will be attending a protest in St. Louis against Cigna’s Express Scripts, organized by Loretta Boesing of Unite for Safe Medications – and you can join us! It’s the latest in NCPA’s fight for #PBMreform . Click to sign up. bit.ly/4a1xSDF

We're excited to be contributing to NCPA's CORE Leadership Program to help community pharmacies thrive! us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #communitypharmacy #pharmacists #retailstrategy #HRGinsights

'Too much of our health care system is being allowed to flow through gigantic corporate monsters like UnitedHealth; [the Change Healthcare cyberattack] is proof-positive of that,' NCPA said before hearings today with the UnitedHealth CEO. bit.ly/3Wp1SWS

#PBMreform now!

Last call! Register for Pharmacy Ownership Workshop, by April 30, and save $200 with the early bird rate.
Did you know ... if you aren’t a member of NCPA, you’ll receive a one-year membership when you register under the nonmember rate? What a steal!
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Even if you missed the fly-In, you can still help! Contact your legislators and ask them to push through #PBMreform now.
Visit bit.ly/4bgWXeZ to learn how.

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