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Sep 01, 2021
AmerisourceBergen continues to advocate at state and federal levels for fair and adequate reimbursement and procedural policies to ensure the rollouts of additional and booster COVID-19 vaccines proceed smoothly and successfully for pharmacists, physicians and patients.
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Jul 26, 2021
Attention! Independent pharmacy owners and staff in Virginia -- Governor Ralph Northam and the Virginia Department of Health are pleased to invite you to attend an exclusive online conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci and other distinguished panelists, to help empower you to encourage your patients to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Jul 19, 2021
On July 1, 2021, the final version of the Ohio state budget passed out of Conference Committee, and was signed into law by Governor DeWine. During the committee process, Good Neighbor Pharmacy and Elevate sent out calls to action asking member stores to contact their state officials and urge their support for inclusion of a $50M supplemental Medicaid dispensing fee (for managed care) in the Ohio budget.
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Jul 16, 2021
The Alliance to Modernize Prescribing Information is currently collecting pharmacist responses to a brief survey regarding use of electronic vs. paper-based prescribing information. AmerisourceBergen is a member of the alliance and we would greatly appreciate if you can take a few moments to complete the survey which will be helpful in ongoing advocacy efforts with members of Congress!
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Jul 15, 2021
The bipartisan Long-Term Care Pharmacy Definition Act of 2021 (S. 1574) was recently introduced in the Senate by Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Mark Warner (D-VA). Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Tina Smith (D-MN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jim Lankford (R-OK), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), joined as original co-sponsors.
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Jun 22, 2021
On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued its highly anticipated opinion in the latest review of a challenge to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), passed by Congress in 2010 (aka “Obamacare”). The Court held, 7-2, that the original petitioners (principally Texas and other states) did not have “standing” – basically that they did not show the court that they were injured by an allegedly unlawful act (the ACA’s individual mandate, with zero penalty since 2017 for non-compliance), and thus did not have a basis for bringing the case. Therefore, the ACA remains intact.
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Jun 22, 2021
Good Neighbor Pharmacy and Elevate Provider Network are asking our Ohio based pharmacy customers to reach out to your Ohio state senators and representatives and urge them to support inclusion of the enhanced Medicaid dispensing fee (for managed care) in the Ohio 2022-23 budget.
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Jun 16, 2021
Call Your MI State Senator to Urge them to Support Michigan HB 4348 to Support Independent-Community Pharmacists, Physicians, and Michigan Patients
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Jun 16, 2021
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Jun 11, 2021
Good Neighbor Pharmacy (GNP) and Elevate Provider Network are asking all members in Texas to call Texas Governor Abbott and ask him to sign HB 1919—legislation to prevent PBM patient “Steering” practices that require, or pressure patients to use the PBMs’ wholly owned or affiliate pharmacy to fill a prescription.
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