May 2020 News & Views includes: AMCP eLearning Days Provides Diverse Educational Offerings to Thousands of Managed Care Pharmacy Professionals; COVID-19 Town Hall Looks at Disease Impact On Managed Care; AMCP COVID-19 Resources Offers Vital Information, Daily Updates; AMCP Swears in 2020-2021 Board of Directors Virtually; AMCP Announces 2020 Award Winners; Foundation Presents 2020 Avey Award to David Calabrese; Press Briefing Highlights Leadership Efforts on Digital Therapeutics; AMCP Receives Prestigious Hermes Creative Awards for Rebranding Work
Managed care pharmacy professionals are working a “second shift,” navigating the myriad health care and business challenges that COVID-19 presents. AMCP CEO Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE writes about the heroes among us in her latest blog.
Sponsors of Medicare Part D prescription drug plans should have greater flexibility in the way they communicate official results of medication therapy management (MTM) programs with beneficiaries.
The United States could face a health care crisis of an entirely different nature as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health care professionals are warning about patients avoiding emergency rooms and office visits. Further, childhood vaccine rates are dropping to dangerous levels. Read about this perfect storm for health care in the latest AMCP CEO Blog.
The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) thanks the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the opportunity to provide comments in response to its Information Collection Request titled “Medication Therapy Management Improvements – Standardized Format (CMS-10396)” published on February 18, 2020.
The important role of pharmacists in providing front-line patient care has become even more pressing during the current pandemic. AMCP CEO Susan Cantrell, RPh, CAE writes about pharmacists' expanding role in the time of COVID-19.