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NCPA Commends Medicare Steps on Generic Drug Reimbursement; Urges Congress to Enact Any Willing Pharmacy Law

National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA issued the following statement today in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final rule for 2015 Part D prescription drug plans: “NCPA is still reviewing the final CMS rule but we have some initial observations. “First, we commend CMS for requiring plan sponsors to both disclose to pharmacies the maximum allowable cost (MAC) reimbursement limits for many generic drugs and to update MAC-based reimbursement every seven days to better reflect market costs...Read More

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