Letters, Statements & Analysis
AMCP communicates the importance of managed care pharmacy by collaborating with members to provide comments, analysis, and testimony to Congress and federal and state agencies on the impact of proposed regulations and laws on managed care pharmacy and patients.
AMCP writes to request your veto on House Bill 435 which implements an exception process for coverage of a drug removed from a formulary at the previous cost sharing level. Imposing government mandated restrictions on formularies as outlined in the bill could have the unintended consequence of raising the overall cost of health care coverage for patients.
AMCP shares concern about the rising costs of medications and the impact on patients, payers, and providers. In 2017, AMCP identified three key areas where AMCP members help to improve health outcomes and lower costs. These areas focus on enhancing value for outcomes; enhanced approaches to medication coverage determinations; and market competition for generics and biosimilars to lower costs.
AMCP expresses our strong support for H.R. 965, the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act, bipartisan legislation to increase competition and patient access to safe and affordable generic and biosimilar medicines. AMCP is pleased with the reintroduction of the legislation into the 116th Congress on February 5, 2019.
On Dec 12, 2018 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new proposal to amend its regulation that defines “biological product” to incorporate changes made by the Biologics Price Competition Act of 2009 (BPCI Act).
AMCP expresses strong support for S. 340, the “Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act,” bipartisan legislation to increase competition and patient access to safe and affordable generic and biosimilar medicines. AMCP is pleased it was reintroduced into legislation in the 116th Congress on February 5, 2019.
AMCP shares the committee’s concerns about the unsustainable burden of high drug pricing on patients and providers and has been working with stakeholders to educate Congress on ways that AMCP pharmacists, physicians, and nurses can improve health outcomes while lowering costs.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in response to its Request for Information on Modifying HIPAA Rules to Improve Coordinated Care [HHS-OCR-0945-AA00].
On January 31, 2019 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed sweeping changes to the current system for medication pricing and contracting by pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies in federal programs--namely Medicare Part D and Medicaid programs.
