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2010 1 + 1=3 Can We Talk? DEA's National 'Take Back' Day Risky Business A New Revenue Path Through Diabetes Care A Good First Step A New Win for Our Diabetes Patients; A Reminder Why Advocacy Matters Good Bye and Good Luck Philadelphia Story E-Prescribing Progresses Thanks for the Warning Home for the Summer CVS Caremark/FTC Update Buying, Selling, Advocating Independent Pharmacy Congressional Action Day Getting That Needed Boost Earth Week Year Round Opportunities Ahead Springtime in Washington CVS Caremark Update Not the End Health Care Reform End Game? Take That Call E-Prescribing and the Workforce Dealing With CMS and Part D Plans Political Action and Realities Latest DME Accreditation Developments Going to Bat Against Ranbaxy Making a Commitment Now What? Fixing AMP in Health Care Reform Doing Well by Doing Good

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NCPA Commentary CVS Caremark Abuses Warrant Thorough FTC Investigation And Remedies Vending Machines Cut Out Pharmacists, Increase Risk of Drug Interaction Changing the model: An appropriate role for PBMs By Joseph H. Harmison, PD, NCPA President and Arlington, TX pharmacy owner Prescription Drug Disposal Programs Can Deter Drug Abuse, Protect Our Environment Health Care Reform’s Pharmacy Provisions Help Patients Congress Provides Fairness in Medicaid Pharmacy Reimbursement Health Care Reform's Impact on Community Pharmacy Providing Better Healthcare For Federal Employees Community Pharmacists Have Been Doing Personalized Medicine for Some Time Assuring Medicare's Seniors Access to Essential Medical Equipment Hidden Drug Costs Illustrate Need for PBM Transparency in Health Reform Unhappy New Year: Without congressional action, seniors could lose access to medical supplies The Right Prescription for Medicaid Mandatory mail-order jeopardizes pharmacy patients Pharmacists are Helping Stakes for Community Pharmacy in Health Reform Illustrated by Local Stories Pharmacists Hold the Right Prescription for Health Care Time to rein in pharmacy benefit managers Drug prices can't depend on who's buying Caremark Cares About Profits Community Pharmacists Are Key to Maximizing Medication Therapy, Lowering Health Care Costs Cantwell measure targets hidden fees PBM Transparency is Key to Lowering Costs in Health Reform Community Pharmacists Hear Mail Order Complaints; Debunk PBM Myths Pharmacists Have Right Prescription for Health Care Reform Community Pharmacists Plunge Headfirst Into Health IT Not Always to the Swift Health Care Debate: Regulate Prescription Benefit Managers Rx for Health Care Savings: Rein in the 'PBM Premium' Making Pharmacy Benefit Managers Transparent Would Save Billions The Problem With Mail-Order Prescriptions: Inappropriate Med Use and Pharmacy Benefit Manager Abuses Health Reform: Will Congress Pass Hearing Test? Current Diabetes Issues And A Website Devoted To Addressing Your Concerns Replacing Community Pharmacists with envelopes and 1-800 Numbers Would Drive Up Human and Financial Costs of Health Care Rethink Merger of CVS and Caremark Medicaid Cuts: MORE Generics Better for Pharmacists and Customers, Not Less Pharmacists CAN Play A Valuable Role in Health Care Reform Pharmacists Put Their Patients First The Untold Consequences of Wal-Mart’s Mail-Order Program Sitting on the Sidelines—No Longer an Option Protect Your Pharmacy Now Initiative Begins Second Year Join Us in the Fight4Rx How NCPA is Getting Involved in The 2009 Health Care Debate Regulatory Updates For The New Year Commentary

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2008 Press Releases NCPA Offers New Online Immunization Resource for Pharmacists NCPA Foundation Receives $250,000 Challenge Grant Pledge from Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company for Business Plan Competition NCPA Encourages Member Pharmacists to Consider Refraining From Selling Tobacco Products NCPA Statement on Tom Daschle Being Selected To Be Secretary of Health and Human Services Department NCPA Statement on November 4th Election Results NCPA Statement on Florida Study About Prescription Drug Prices in Underserved Areas NCPA Elects New Officers and Executive Committee NCPA Launches Revised Site To Better Meet Members' Needs John Gans to Receive the First Ever NCPA Calvin J. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award AmerisourceBergen Receives 2008 NCPA Corporate Recognition Award 2008 John W. Dargavel Medal Awarded to Calvin J. Anthony Positive Picture of Independent Community Pharmacies Emerges with Release of 2008 NCPA Digest, sponsored by Cardinal Health Matthew Mallinson Receives 2008 NCPA Prescription Drug Safety Award Karl Fiebelkorn Named Faculty Liaison of the Year by NCPA Foundation 2008 NCPA Foundation Legacy Society Jack Coffey Honored with 2008 NCPA Lifetime Academic Achievement Award Melissa Osborne Honored as the 2008 NCPA National Preceptor of the Year Hugh Chancy Named 2008 NCPA Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacists of the Year Paul Moore Receives NCPA's 2008 Spirit of Independence Award NCPA Announces 2008 Student Chapter of the Year and Student Chapter Outstanding Member of the Year Award Winners NCPA Foundation Visionary Class of 2008 Announced University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Team Wins 2008 Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition CMS Acknowledges Legal Concerns with Definition of 'Multiple Source Drug' AIP Members Join the National Community Pharmacists Association NCPA Statement on California E-Pedigree Bill Being Signed into Law NCPA Celebrates October as American Pharmacists Month NCPA Statement Supporting H.R. 6353 NCPA Statement Supporting H.R. 6582 NCPA Statement on House Judiciary Committee Reporting H.R. 971 Out of Committee NCPA Offers Discounts on Consumer Loyalty Programs NCPA Offers Discounts on Employee Background Screening Services NCPA Foundation Announces Scholarship Winners NCPA Offers New Free Immunization CE Program That Helps Pharmacists Expand Niche Services NCPA Announces Finalists for 2008 Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition H.R. 6331-The Rx for Community Pharmacy U.S. Senate Votes in Favor of H.R. 6331 NCPA Statement on Senate Inaction on Medicare Reform Bill NCPA Applauds U.S. House Vote in Favor of H.R. 6331 NCPA Statement Supporting H.R. 6331 NCPA Statement Endorsing H.R. 6252 and S.3144 NCPA Statement on Medicare Vote NCPA Statement on Sen. Baucus' Medicare Bill Inclusion of Solutions for Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement Problems Pharmacist Associations Partner to Increase the Voice of Pharmacy NCPA Statement on "Sense of Congress" Resolution Opposing FDA Restrictions on Estriol Usage U.S. Chamber of Commerce Joins "Protect Your Pharmacy Now!" Initiative NACDS, NCPA Seek to Amend AMP Lawsuit Challenging CMS' Interim Final Rule Redefining "Multiple Source Drug" NACDS, NCPA Request CMS Withdraw Interim Rule to Redefine "Multiple Source Drug" NCPA Declares April 14-18 "Protect Your Pharmacy Week" NCPA Endorses Rep. Walter Jones for Re-Election NCPA, FBI LEEDA and Purdue Pharma L.P. Join Forces to Fight Pharmacy Crime NCPA Statement on California's Delay of E-Pedigree's Implementation NCPA and NACDS Oppose Proposed Pharmacy Residency Requirement Mandate NCPA Statement on Economic Stimulus Package NCPA Statement in Response to President Bush's FY 2009 Budget Proposal NCPA Statement on White House Campaign to End Teenage Prescription Drug Abuse NCPA Offers Free Respiratory Care Certificate Program NCPA Statement on Wal-Mart's Entry into the Pharmacy Benefit Market OIG Report Confirms Dangerously Thin Margins for Community Pharmacy

2009 Press Releases First National Community Pharmacy Bone Marrow Donor Drive A Success Over 600 New Potentially Life-Saving Donors Are Found During Community Pharmacy Event NCPA on Passage of Senate Health Reform Bill: Positive Pharmacy Provisions Included, but More Work Needed to Ensure Patient Access to Vital Services NCPA Urges Medicare to Extend DMEPOS Accreditation Deadline, Delay Enforcement until Congress Acts Senators Urge Majority Leader Reid to Fight for Senate's Medicaid Generic Drug Reimbursement Provision in Health Reform Bill NACDS, NCPA Welcome Bipartisan Call for Fair Medicaid Reimbursement for Community Pharmacies NCPA Urges Senate Confirmation of Julie Brill and Edith Ramirez as FTC Commissioners and More Vigorous Approach to PBMs NCPA: Medicaid Officials Should Reject Ohio Pharmacy Cuts NCPA Commends Pentagon Decision to Cover Pharmacist-Administered Vaccinations NCPA Backs New Amendments To Senate Health Reform Bill; Expresses Concern Over Revised Public Option's Pharmacy Benefit Pharmacists, Drug Wholesalers Offer Solutions to Avoid Disruption for Medicare Beneficiaries NCPA, Consumer, Privacy Advocates Urge Feds to Investigate CVS Caremark for Alleged HIPAA Violations NCPA Supports Pharmacy Provisions in Senate Health Reform Bill; Expresses Concern Over Business Impact, AMP Fix NCPA Applauds Mississippi Court Ruling to Preserve Pharmacy Access for Medicaid Patients NCPA Recommends Changes to Strengthen Patient Access to Community Pharmacies after House Passage of Health Care Reform Bill National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation, Pharmacies Join Forces with DKMS to Save Lives NCPA Commends FTC Investigation of CVS Caremark Merger NCPA Elects New Officers and Executive Committee at 111th Annual Convention NCPA Asks Medicare to Avoid Mail Order Bias; Ensure Seniors Can Choose Their Pharmacy Based on the Facts Community Pharmacists Report Supply Shortages, Insurance Red Tape in Growing Fight against H1N1 Flu NCPA: New House Health Reform Bill's AMP Fix Falls Short; Other Provisions Support Community Pharmacies and Their Patients NCPA 2009 House of Delegates Passes Resolutions Designed to Strengthen Pharmacies, Improve Patient Access and Help Communities NCPA Applauds House Small Business Committee for Proposal Allowing Pharmacists to Participate in Health Information Technology Lending Program NCPA Applauds Alabama Court Ruling on Medicaid Prescription Drug Pricing 2009 NCPA Foundation Legacy Society Inductees Are Holly Whitcomb Henry, Mike Henry, Forest Pack, and Andrew Stout Purdue Pharma L.P. Receives 2009 NCPA Corporate Recognition Award Resilient Community Pharmacies Rely on Patient Services to Weather Economic Downturn, Competition, According to 2009 NCPA Digest NCPA Announces 2009 Student Chapter Of The Year And Student Chapter Outstanding Member Of The Year Award Winners NCPA Foundation Visionary Class Of 2009 Announced NCPA Foundation Receives $750,000 Pledge for the Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition from Good Neighbor Pharmacy® Rupp Named NCPA Faculty Liaison of the Year by NCPA Foundation Joe Mosso Awarded John W. Dargavel Medal by NCPA Foundation NCPA Foundation Announces Scholarship Winners Patricia Johnston Honored as the 2009 NCPA National Preceptor of the Year Richard Logan Receives 2009 NCPA Prescription Drug Safety Award Danny Cottrell Named 2009 NCPA Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist Of The Year University of Washington Team Wins 2009 Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition NCPA: Pharmacy Provisions in Senate Finance Committee Health Care Reform Bill Benefit Patients, Lower Costs, Deserve Support Consumer Groups Urge Senate to Keep Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency in Health Care Reform NCPA Releases Report On How Community Pharmacies Will Implement Health Information Technology As Full Senate Moves Closer to Considering Health Care Reform, NCPA Urges Majority Leader Reid to Preserve Patient Access to Community Pharmacies NCPA Praises Senate, House Action to Extend Medicare's Durable Medical Equipment Accreditation Deadline for Pharmacies Pharmacy Groups File Suit in Minnesota over Unlawful Medicaid Cuts, Citing Failure to Assure Medicaid Patient Access, Quality of Care NCPA Applauds House of Representatives for Passing Bill Maintaining Seniors' Access to Durable Medical Equipment NCPA Offers House Subcommittee Options for Lowering Pharmacy Benefit Costs for Patients, Taxpayers in Feds' Health Plan NCPA Endorses Bill to Preserve Seniors' Access to Durable Medical Equipment After Sept. 30 Pharmacy Groups File Suits in Three States over Unlawful Medicaid Cuts, Citing Failure to Assure Medicaid Patient Access, Quality of Care NCPA Applauds Senate Committee's Vote to Reduce Health Care Costs By Approving Transparency Requirements for Pharmacy Benefit Managers NCPA Urges Treasury Department to Help Patients, Pharmacies Disadvantaged by New Flexible Spending Account Requirements NCPA Urges Senators to Reduce Health Care Costs by Supporting Transparency Requirements for Pharmacy Benefit Managers Broad Pharmacy Coalition Urges Congress To Block Severe Medicaid Cuts To Help Preserve Patient Access Patient Survey Finds Widespread Problems With Mail Order Pharmacies New Program Offers Community Pharmacies an Expanded Role in Diabetes Self-Management Training, Increases Access and Treatment Options for Patients NCPA: Baucus Health Reform Proposal Includes Pharmacy Provisions That Improve Patient Access NCPA: Despite Wal-Mart's Assertion, New Mail Order Program Will Not Benefit Patients Congressmen Urge FTC to Reopen CVS Caremark Merger Investigation, Citing "Unfair and Deceptive Business Practices" NCPA Urges CMS to Preserve Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment by Suspending Looming Pharmacy Accreditation Requirement NCPA Hails Approval of Texas Proposal to Increase Medicaid Dispensing Fees NACDS, NCPA, and NASPA Urge HHS to Direct State Medicaid Programs to Change Their AWP Reimbursement Rate to Ensure Continued Patient Access to Pharmacies NACDS, NCPA, FMI and NASPA Urge Congressional Action to Prevent Patients from Losing Access to Pharmacy Medical Supplies NCPA Urges HHS to Modify Health Information Technology Regulations to Remove Unnecessary Obstacles to Community Pharmacies NCPA Urges Congressional Action This Month to Block Severe Medicaid Cuts to Pharmacies Victory for Patient Care: NACDS, NCPA Reach Agreement with Delaware on Medicaid Reimbursement for Pharmacy NCPA Statement on Reps. Berry and Moran Letter Seeking Fix to Medicaid Cuts in Pharmacy Reimbursement Leading Consumer Groups Back Transparency Requirements for Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Health Care Reform NCPA Launches Student Ambassador Program NCPA Commends Addition of Transparency Requirements on Pharmacy Benefit Managers, MTM in Revised House Health Reform Bill Momentum Continues to Build for FTC to Stop CVS Caremark Abuses NCPA Seeks Action to Help Community Pharmacies Grappling with New Flexible Spending Account Debit Card Requirements Pharmacy Exemption for Durable Medical Equipment Gains Momentum as Groups Urge Congress to Act NCPA Responds to Good Morning America Story Maligning Pharmacists NCPA Announces Finalists for 2009 Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition NCPA Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee on the Hidden Costs, Unfair Business Practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers NCPA Statement on House Democrats' Health Care Reform Bill Community Pharmacies Can Accept FSA Debit Cards with FSAok NACDS, NCPA Endorse Rep. Mike Ross' Medication Therapy Management Legislation NCPA to Congress: Health Reform Should Empower Community Pharmacies to Improve Patient Outcomes, Reduce Costs NCPA Commends House Subcommittee for Examining CVS Caremark's Contract with Federal Workers NCPA Statement on House Democrats' Draft Proposal for Health Care Reform NCPA Applauds FTC Referral of CVS Caremark Abuses to Competition Bureau NCPA Statement on Medicare Care Part D Cost-Savings Plan NCPA Briefs Congress about Drug Disposal Programs NCPA Offers Senate HELP Committee Recommendations to Improve Health Reform Bill NCPA Statement on President Obama's Health Savings Proposals Pharmacy Groups File Lawsuit to Preserve Patient Access to Prescription Medications in Delaware NCPA and Other Stakeholders Unite to Ensure Community Pharmacies Play Vital Role in Adopting Health Information Technology NCPA: Kennedy Health Reform Proposal a Good First Step Pharmacy Organizations Brief Congress on Medication Therapy Management Survey Shows Accreditation Requirements Would Prevent Many Pharmacies from Offering Medicare Patients Durable Medical Equipment NCPA Announces Staff Additions to Legal, Communications and Government Affairs Departments NACDS, NCPA Laud Inclusion of Medicaid Reimbursement Relief in Senate Finance Committee Healthcare Reform Proposals Patients, Community Pharmacists Tell Federal Trade Commission of CVS/Caremark Merger's Costly Side Effects NCPA President Holly W. Henry’s Letter to FTC Regarding CVS/Caremark NCPA: New WAL-MART Pilot Program Ignores the Costs, Risks Of Mail-Order Medicine Congressional Leaders Urged to Reform Drug Reimbursement System, Eight Prescription Drug Supply Chain Organizations Join Letter NCPA Commends Senators Tester, Roberts for Proposal to Exempt Pharmacies from Medicare Part B DMEPOS Surety Bond Requirement NCPA Statement on Kathleen Sebelius' Confirmation as Secretary of HHS NACDS, NCPA Provide Senate Finance Committee with Recommendations of How Pharmacists Can Improve Medication Adherence NCPA Expresses Concerns to FTC on Proposed Acquisition of Wellpoint's PBM By Express Scripts NCPA Offers New Online Diabetes Supply Resource for Pharmacists NCPA Presents Pharmacy Recommendations for Health Care Reform U.S. House of Representatives Designates "Protect Your Pharmacy Week" NCPA Launches Second Annual Protect Your Pharmacy Now! Initiative NCPA Statement on House Medicare Part B DMEPOS Surety Bond Legislation NCPA Fight4rx Grassroots Recruiting Efforts Quickly Reach Milestone Of 12,000 Patient Activists NCPA Statement on Obama Administration's Small Business Aid Plan NCPA Statement on Senate Introduction of DME Accreditation Legislation NCPA Statement on Kathleen Sebelius' Nomination to be Secretary of the Health and Human Services Department NCPA Urges FDA to Ensure More Concise Prescription Medication Information for Patients Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2009 Introduced in House NCPA Statement OIG Report On Pharmacy Reimbursement NCPA Statement on President Obama's Speech to Congress NCPA Offers New Marketing Solutions NCPA Statement to the Conference Committee on the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" NCPA and Northeast Pharmacy Service Corporation Announce Membership Campaign NCPA Announces Launch of Ownership Academy NCPA Partners With Greenwoods Pharmacy Financial NCPA Launches Fight4rx Online Grassroots Community NPCA Announces 2009 Long-Term Care Certificate Program Schedule John Coster Joins NCPA as New Sr. Vice President of Government Affairs NCPA Endorses H.R. 616

2010 Press Releases NACDS, NCPA: Victory for Patients, Pharmacy as CMS Moves to Withdraw Provisions of "AMP" Rule Currently Blocked by Injunction NCPA Launches www.PharmacyMatching.Com to Connect Independent Pharmacy Buyers and Sellers NCPA Offers DEA Proposed Solution to Balance Patient Needs in Long-Term Care Facilities with Drug Diversion Concerns NCPA: Bipartisan Group of Representatives Offer Support for Pharmacies and Patients by Urging CMS to Ensure Local Access to Diabetes Testing Supplies NCPA Offers Recommendations for Improving CMS' Medicare Part B Program for Next Year NCPA: AARP Report Finds Brand Name Drug Prices Soar as Large Pharmacy Benefit Managers Reap Windfall Profits Compliant Pharmacy Alliance and NCPA Team Up to Advance the Interests of Independent Pharmacies, Patients NCPA Proposes Criteria for Grandfathered Health Plans, Pharmacy Benefits NCPA Applauds House and Senate for Including Medicaid Funding for Cash-Strapped States in Passing Their 'Jobs Bill' Pharmacy Ownership Workshop to be Held in Richmond from August 20-22 NCPA on Walgreens 90-Day Supply Initiative in Minneapolis: Ensuring Patient Choice of Pharmacy Promotes Better Health Outcomes, Medication Adherence NCPA Statement on CVS Caremark-Aetna Agreement National Community Pharmacists Association Welcomes Keystone Pharmacy Purchasing Alliance Customers to Membership Patients Report High Satisfaction with Dispose My Meds Program; 8,000 Pounds of Prescription Medication Properly Discarded NCPA Outlines Community Pharmacy Priorities as FDA Considers Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies NCPA Announces Finalists for 2010 Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition Fox Insurance Agrees to Pay Delinquent Medicare Part D Claims After Action by Senators Baucus, Grassley, CMS and NCPA NCPA Urges U.S. Office of Personnel Management to Adopt Transparent Policies for Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Federal Employee Health Plan, Health Insurance Exchanges Transparency Reforms for Pharmacy Benefit Managers Continue, Despite Court Ruling NACDS, NCPA Urge Doctors to Enroll Now in Medicare's PECOS System to Preserve Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment NCPA Offers Solutions to Maintain Patient Access to Life-Saving Medications Despite Planned Reduction in Mail Service NCPA Offers Solutions to Help Ensure Medicare PECOS Program Doesn't Disrupt Community Pharmacies Ability to Serve Patients NCPA Foundation Receives $100,000 from Purdue Pharma for First Ever Catalyst Grant Award for Innovative Practice NCPA Urges Caution as Medicare Proceeds with Diabetes Competitive Bidding Program NCPA Commends Medicare's Decision to Allow Community Pharmacies to Continue Providing Diabetes Testing Supplies to Seniors NACDS, NCPA Back Senate Medication Therapy Management Bill NCPA Thanks Conference Committee for Keeping Bipartisan Credit Card Fee Reforms in Wall Street Reform Bill Chain Drug Consortium and NCPA Announce Collaborative Partnership to Support Community Pharmacies, Patients Former HHS Secretaries to Discuss Health Care Reform at 2010 NCPA Annual Convention and Trade Exposition NCPA: Alabama's Proposed Medicaid Reimbursement Changes Warrant Careful CMS Review NCPA Endorses Gerry Purcell for Georgia Insurance Commissioner NCPA Offers Constructive Solutions to Potentially Problematic Pharmaceutical Waste Reduction Efforts in Long-Term Care Dispensing NCPA Statement on CVS Caremark-Walgreens Agreement NCPA Backs Senator Bennet's Cost of Dispensing Proposal; Renews Support for Medicaid FMAP Funding NCPA Supports Reps. Baldwin and Stupak in Their Call to End Overly Aggressive Recoupment Efforts for Pharmacy Medicare Part B Services NCPA to Congress: Keep Bipartisan Credit Card Fee Reforms in Wall Street Reform Bill to Help Main Street Pharmacies Compete NCPA Supports Reps. Braley and Welch in Their Push for Congressional Oversight Hearings on Unregulated Pharmacy Benefit Manager Industry NCPA Offers Recommendations for Antitrust Polices at Senate Oversight Hearing on Enforcement Agencies NCPA Commends Representatives Marion Berry and Walter Jones for Pressing CMS to Act on Part D Plans Circumventing of Prompt Pay Law Walgreens Drops Out of CVS Caremark Plans, Further Substantiating Claims of NCPA and Others about Impact of Merger NACDS, NCPA Commend Mississippi Division of Medicaid for Reversing Proposed Reduction in Health Provider Reimbursement Independent Community Pharmacists Will Meet. Learn. Succeed—at the 2010 NCPA Annual Convention and Trade Exposition NCPA Commends FTC Delay of 'Red Flags Rule,' Urges Congress to Approve Pharmacy Exemption NCPA Supports Inclusion of Medicaid Funding in 'Jobs Bill' NCPA Applauds CMS Action Urging Fox Insurance to Reimburse Pharmacies NCPA 42nd Annual Legislative Conference Concludes With Renewed Focus to Ensure Patients Have Access to Community Pharmacy Services NCPA Backs Bill to Preserve Seniors' Access to Diabetes Supplies at Community Pharmacies NCPA Welcomes Multiple Investigations Into CVS Caremark's Business Practice at the Federal and State Levels NCPA Applauds Rep. Weiner for Introducing Bill to Rein in Pharmacy Benefit Manager Practices That Hurt Patients, Plan Sponsors and Community Pharmacies NCPA Helps Pharmacy Owners With Jumpstart Your Pharmacy Business: A Seminar for Owners A Game Changer - Pharmacist Friendly Path to Part B Reimbursement for Diabetes Education NCPA, FBI LEEDA and Purdue Pharma L.P. Continue to Fight Pharmacy Crime NCPA Statement on Donald Berwick's Nomination to be CMS Administrator 800 Community Pharmacies Launch Initiative for Safe Disposal of Unused Patient Medications NCPA Urges CMS Not to Approve Mississippi Medicaid Proposal Endangering Patient Access to Pharmacy Prescription Drug Services NCPA Offers Important Considerations to Combating Meth Labs Problem Examined in Senate Hearing NCPA Urges Return to Common-Sense Policy for Providing Long-Term Care Residents Pain Medications NCPA's Bruce Roberts to Conclude Tenure as CEO in June NCPA Commends Pharmacy Provisions in Health Care Reform Legislation Cleared by Congress NCPA Supports Department of Defense Regulation Requiring Drug Manufacturers Pay Rebates Into TRICARE Program Berry Health Reform Bill Includes Provisions Helpful to Patients, Community Pharmacies NCPA Praises Senate for Passing 'Jobs' Bill With Health Care Provisions, Urges House to Follow Suit Coalition Urges FDA to Utilize Local Pharmacists in Drug Safety Programs Community Pharmacists Rise to Meet Winter Weather Challenges, Survey Finds NCPA Asks CMS to Prevent Medicare Part D Plans From Exploiting Prompt Pay Provisions NCPA Commends Health Care Provisions in New Senate 'Jobs' Bill NCPA Partners With Sharps Compliance to Help Community Pharmacies Promote Rx Disposal Programs During Earth Week NCPA Testifies in Support of Bill to Improve Federal Employees' Drug Benefit NCPA Responds to New White House Health Reform Proposal NCPA Proposes Pharmacy Priorities to the White House for Health Care Reform Summit NCPA Urges Senate Majority Leader Reid to Back DMEPOS Pharmacy Exemption Before Deadline Senate 'Jobs' Bill Provision Would Preserve Seniors Access to Essential Medical Supplies at Community Pharmacies NCPA Responds to President's 2011 Budget Proposal NCPA Backs Bill to Improve Federal Employees' Drug Benefit; Offers Changes to Legislation NCPA Responds to President Obama's State of the Union Address by Reiterating Priorities to Strengthen the Role of Pharmacists in Health Care NCPA Commends Senators Baucus, Grassley for Urging Discretion in Enforcement of Medicare DMEPOS Accreditation Requirement NCPA Testifies to HIT Policy Committee on Benefits of E-Prescribing, Offers Suggestions for Improvements Powerful, Diverse Coalition Urges Congressional Leaders to Strengthen PBM Transparency Provision in Final Health Care Reform Bill Pharmacy Groups Urge Changes to Costly Long-Term Care Mandate in Health Reform Bill; Offer Alternatives NCPA Offers Updated Health Care Reform Recommendations As Senate, House Prepare Final Legislation

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