Letters, Statements & Analysis

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) thanks the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the opportunity to provide comments in response to the “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2026 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program” (Proposed Rule), issued on July 16, 2025.

On September 9, 2025, the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released the “Make Our Children Healthy Again (MOCHA) Strategy,” which follows an earlier report that assessed key drivers of childhood chronic disease, including poor diet, chemical exposure, lack of physical activity and chronic stress, and overmedicalization. Executive Order 14212, signed by President Trump on February 13, tasks the commission with providing government-wide recommendations on policy and strategy to address the identified contributing causes and end the childhood chronic disease crisis.

With the end of August recess, Members of Congress returned to Washington D.C. this week to tackle government funding and the remaining policy priorities not included in the One Big Beautiful reconciliation Bill (H.R. 1).

On August 28, Chairman Crapo announced that Secretary Kennedy would testify before the Senate Finance Committee to preview the Trump administration’s 2026 health care agenda, including the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative.

Just after midnight on the morning of Aug. 7, President Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs took effect on dozens of international trading partners, marking another dramatic escalation of the administration’s “America First” trading policy.

AMCP comments on Trump Administration demands for manufacturers to take action on Most-Favored-Nation pricing scheme

H.R. 1, or the Big Beautiful Bill, has brought substantial change to the managed care pharmacy landscape, particularly for managed care organizations (MCOs) with managed Medicaid lines of business.

HealthyWomen, members of its HPV Coalition and additional stakeholders are writing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the upcoming June ACIP meeting June 25-27, 2025, docket number - CDC-2005-0024.

Today, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced legislation that would rollback some of the impending cuts to federal Medicaid funding as mandated by H.R. 1.

On July 4, President Trump signed H.R. 1, often referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, into law.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent out an RFI. AMCP provided a response which aims to promote precision medicine through a reconsideration of the "14 Day Rule".