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 Joins 11 Organizations in Letter to the OIG in Support of Establishing a Safe Harbor Provision That Would Encourage the Development of Additional Value-Based Contracts for The Medicare and Medicaid Populations

The recommendations included in this letter are based upon consensus recommendations of an Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Partnership Forum, Advancing ValueBased Contracting (VBC), held in June 2017.
Value-Based Care, Value-Based Contracts

AMCP Joins Other Stakeholders in Support of the CREATES Act

The undersigned organizations write to voice our strong support for the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples (CREATES) Act (S. 974/H.R. 2212) and encourage Congress to pass this important, bipartisan legislation as soon as possible.

AMCP Submits Letter to Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health in Support of HR 2026 – The Pharmaceutical Information Exchange (PIE) Act

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) appreciates the opportunity to submit a letter of support for H.R. 2026 – The Pharmaceutical Information Exchange (PIE) Act of 2017 which will improve patient access to emerging medication therapies and devices by codifying a safe harbor for certain health care economic and scientific information communications between biopharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and population health decision makers.

AMCP Sends Letter to Michigan House Health Policy Committee Citing Concerns with HB 4472 and Regulations on Pharmacists Substituting Interchangeable Biological Products

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) is writing to express concerns with specific provisions of House Bill 4472 regarding the regulation of biological products and the substitution of interchangeable biological products when dispensed by pharmacists.
Legislation & Regulation

AMCP Submits Comments to CMS on Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Proposed Rule

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) thanks the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the opportunity to provide comments in response to the proposed rule “Medicare Program; Contract Year 2019 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage, Medicare Cost Plan, Medicare Fee-for-Service, the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs, and the PACE Program [CMS-4182-P]” published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2017.
Medicare Part D

AMCP Submits Comments to the FDA on Potential Areas of Focus for the Opioid Policy Steering Committee

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) thanks the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the opportunity to provide comments in response to the request for suggestions, recommendations and comments relevant to the FDA’s newly established Opioid Policy Steering Committee (OPSC) as published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2017.
Legislation & Regulation

AMCP Provides Response to Request for Information on Value Based Contracting from Diabetes Caucus Co-Chairs Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Tom Reed (R-NY)

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) appreciates the opportunity to provide information on the application of value-based contracts (VBCs) for insulin pricing initiatives. The shift in payment models is expanding beyond the delivery of health care services to encompass models of compensation between payers and biopharmaceutical manufacturers.
Legislation & Regulation, Value in Health Care, Value-Based Contracts, Value-Based Contracts