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HHS Announces New Action Plan to Lay Foundation for Safe Importation of Certain Prescription Drugs

Jul 31, 2019

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that HHS and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are publishing a Safe Importation Action Plan - PDF that outlines two potential pathways that would lay the foundation for the safe importation of certain drugs originally intended for foreign markets.
IPC Requests Members to Act Again to Build Support for New House Effort!

Jun 07, 2019

Action is needed ASAP to promote DIR relief on Capital Hill. Recent efforts have been helpful, and community pharmacy has sent 6,000 letters advocating the need for DIR fee reform. Please help keep the momentum going by writing your letter of support today.
IPC Supports the NACDS RxIMPACT Campaign to Engage on DIR

May 30, 2019

Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its much anticipated final Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Drug Pricing Rule (CMS-4180-F). At this time, CMS has decided not to include much needed reforms of Direct and Indirect Remuneration (DIR) fee practices.

Attention IPC Iowa Members - Contact Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley! Encourage him to Fix DIR in the Senate Finance Committee Drug Pricing Bill!

Jul 03, 2019

With no change in the Part D DIR process in the recently adopted HHS Part D rule, pharmacy is shifting all its focus to Congress for a fix to DIR fees that have increased over 45,000 percent since 2010.
Attention IPC Oregon Members - Contact Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden! Encourage him to Fix DIR in the Senate Finance Committee Drug Pricing Bill!

Jul 03, 2019

With no change in the Part D DIR process in the recently adopted HHS Part D rule, pharmacy is shifting all its focus to Congress for a fix to DIR fees that have increased over 45,000 percent since 2010.
PA Legislature Begins Action On MCO Reform Legislative Package

Jun 07, 2019

Since recent Pennsylvania State Auditor General highly critical reports of Pennsylvania's Medicaid Managed care PBM run prescription program, IPC is now working with the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association and other Pennsylvania pharmacy groups to push the following state 5 bill legislative package to reform the PA MCO prescription drug program.