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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: 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.
AMCP CEO Blog: One maxim I hold dear is the value of getting out of the office now and then to see how things are working in the field.
AMCP CEO Blog: Volume to value, quantity to quality: such transitions in health care today are like a rock tossed in a pond. The ripple effects are far-reaching and unstoppable.
AMCP CEO Blog: Whoever said, “May you live in interesting times,” could have been talking about Congressional health care policy debates circa 2017. Never a dull moment!
AMCP CEO Blog: Every morning — like many of you — I settle behind my desk, take a sip of coffee and read the AMCP Daily Dose. This publication, full of valuable news and information, frequently highlights issues and individuals we’re featuring at our Annual Meeting, March 27-30, in Denver. Several caught my eye recently.
