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The AMCP Blog is your go-to resource to hear from managed care experts and their perspectives on trends and hot topics related to managed care pharmacy.
AMCP CEO Blog: Summer is in full swing! It’s time to enjoy a good barbecue, go to the beach, soak up the sun, and dine with friends at your favorite sidewalk cafe. At AMCP, it’s also a time to engage with the Academy’s volunteer leadership, as well as a diverse array of health care stakeholders...who said pharmacists ever slow down when the weather gets hot?
AMCP CEO Blog: The White House made news last month with its blueprint to lower drug prices. But it's also important to note that biosimilars will play a crucial role in fostering competition and lowering costs.
AMCP CEO Address: AMCP CEO Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE addressed the AMCP 2018 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. The following is a lightly edited transcript of that address.
AMCP CEO Blog: Usually I delete emails like the one I received recently, but this one got me thinking. It was addressed to one of my predecessors, and invited her to publish a paper in a journal on patient care and nursing.
AMCP CEO Blog: One of AMCP’s key strategic pillars is to advocate for legislation that will help advance the profession of managed care pharmacy. This function is on full display this week during our Annual Legislative Days event.
AMCP CEO Blog: The FDA approved 46 novel drugs in 2017, a 21-year high. However, it could take as long as six months for some of these groundbreaking medicines to reach patients.
AMCP CEO Blog: I am delighted to announce the release of our new strategic plan, AMCP 2020, which will guide and strengthen the Academy as we enter our 30th year of serving thousands of professionals who make up managed care pharmacy.
AMCP CEO Blog: The Academy will soon unveil a new strategic plan to guide our organization over the next several years. As it’s rolled out ‒ more on that next month ‒ I thought I would highlight some of the deliberations that went into developing the plan.
AMCP CEO Address: AMCP CEO Susan A. Cantrell, RPh, CAE addressed the AMCP 2017 Nexus. The following is a lightly edited transcript of that address.
AMCP CEO Blog: Health care reform historically has one of the most contentious issues on Capitol Hill. The current fight to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is just the latest in a string of battles that reaches back many decades, including to the founding of Medicare and Medicaid.
AMCP CEO Blog: Like everyone across the country, AMCP members and staff share a deep concern for the safety and wellbeing of thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Harvey.
AMCP CEO Blog: A recent article in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) caught my attention for a couple of reasons.
