Press Release: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) CEO Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE has been appointed to the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) 2018-2019 Board of Directors.
Press Release: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a much anticipated proposed rule titled “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.”
Press Release: The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy’s (AMCP) has released a consensus document on value-based contracting that includes a key stakeholder definition of VBC along with strategies to implement the innovative payment model.
Press Release: A recent Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy forum of stakeholders representing payers, patients, government, and pharmaceutical companies found broad consensus on critical issues.
Our organizations view medication-assisted treatment (MAT) as an important component of a multipronged approach to addressing opioid abuse and improving treatment. We applaud efforts to expand access to MAT, such as increasing Drug Addiction Treatment Act (DATA) waivered physician’s prescribing caps and allowing nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to obtain a DATA waiver.