Advocacy, information and resources for the pharmacy profession.
If you read the blog, “Say What? What Opponents say about Patient Choice” you heard all the “facts” and arguments presented by the PBMs, health plans and insurance companies why Patient Choice legislation is a bad idea. This included quotes
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In this past Colorado legislative session, A Patients’ Choice of Pharmacies bill was introduced. The pharmacy organizations of Colorado representing independent and retail pharmacists were in support of this bill. Opposition to the bill included the usual suspects – pharmacy
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Lobbying has a bad reputation that it has held for many years. Many in the general public see lobbyists throwing money at legislators in Washington D.C. to count the noses for their desired vote. Others view them as simply representing special
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The last day of the 2016 Colorado Legislative Session was May 11, 2016. Value Pharmacists monitored/lobbied 4 bills affecting pharmacy. Although you may reside in a state other than Colorado, these issues could be in your backyard in the not
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Many baby boomers may remember a Rolling Stone song with Mick Jagger bemoaning this dilemma. So often in the legislative process compromise is necessary, usually resulting in both sides not quite getting everything they hoped for in a piece of legislation.
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Even the grandest project depends on the success of the smallest components. Or in the more common vernacular “the devil is in the details.” At Value Pharmacists, we spend time reading legislation. As a lobbyist, Val has fine-tuned proposed language numerous
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Passage of national legislation recognizing pharmacists as health care providers will be a long and challenging process. There are some states that are not waiting for Congress to act. The state of Washington successfully passed legislation ESSB 5557 that will
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We had the opportunity to visit with our colleague, Chris Howes of The Howes Group, in December 2015 as planning for the Colorado legislative session ramps up. Just staying in touch…………
Read moreWhether you are speaking to a legislator, their aide or another interested party, invariably you will be asked if granting provider status will change your scope of practice. Federal provider status legislation, the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act
Read moreOut of 5000 bills introduced every Congressional session, how many become law? The process of passing a bill is long and arduous and only a small number of introduced bills are eventually signed into law. In a previous blog, we
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