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๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ Yesterday the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals denied Novartisโs attempt to prevent MSN Pharmaceuticals from marketing andโฆ
๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ #txlege cbs19.tv/video/news/locโฆ
NYT: UnitedHealthโs Campaign to Quiet Critics โTo Ms. Strause, UnitedHealthโs determination to get her video taken down showed that she and her father were exposing the truth. โTheyโre intimidated by what weโre saying,โ she said.โ archive.ph/Ff4j1
๐จ @RepBuddyCarter ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ The PBM Reform Act is a bipartisan effort to stop abusive #PBM practices in Medicaid and Medicare Part D. As a pharmacist, Carter knowsโฆ
๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ Wed, 7/16 from 1-2 pm Central. Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/53c2a0a7โฆ Presenters: Todd Pendergraft, DPh & Andi Pendergraft, CPhT - Adv | Broken Arrow Family Drugโฆ
Dear Texas Independent Pharmacy Community, When disaster strikes, independent pharmacies are often on the front linesโserving their communities even when facing loss themselves. The @NcpaF's Disaster Relief Fund is here to help. If your pharmacy has been physically impacted byโฆ
๐ A big thank you to the Texas Pharmacy Association (TPA) for including our President Laird Leavoy, VP of Government Affairs Michael Wright, and EVP & General Counsel Miguel Rodriguez in your recent town hall. Weโre proud to stand alongside TPA in championing the future ofโฆ
TPA co-hosted a virtual town hall with @APRxNews for independent #pharmacists to review the 2025 legislative session. Lobbyists from both groups discussed how legislation will affect #pharmacy and shared their perspectives on the future. Thanks to all who joined the discussion!
Congress should reconsider breaking up pharmacy benefit managers, experts say healthcaredive.com/news/congress-โฆ #txlege
๐๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Last night, the Senate released its Reconciliation package with no PBM reform included. โ Deleted provisions requiring fair reimbursement in Medicaid managed care plans โ Deletedโฆ
TRICAREโs PBM Express Scripts pays itself 100s times more than other pharmacies & requires maintenance meds be filled through mail order or at a military base. It's Time To Demand Answers! ๐Sign the Petition to #AuditTRICARE Now!๐ audittricare.org/sign-the-petitโฆ
๐จALERT: The Senate parliamentarian struck the "big, beautiful bill" section requiring state fee-for-service dispensing fees to also apply to managed care programs. Implementing mandatory NADAC reporting without pairing it with a reasonable professional dispensing fee would beโฆ
๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ Today, the US Senate Parliamentarian ruled on key provisions of the PBM reform in the Reconciliation Package: โ Deleted provisions requiring fair reimbursement in Medicaid managed care plans โโฆ
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก $๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ usaherald.com/cvs-caremark-hโฆ #txlege
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก Today, the state of Louisiana brought three suits against CVS Health and its affiliates, alleging they: ๐ด Misuse patient information to โsend text messagesโฆ
