JOSEPH CHAMMAS

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@pcmanet In other words, new pharmacies open, get screwed by PBM model and go out of business within few years. Got it!

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@UnpopularPharm @ConcernedPharmD @mcuban Here’s a crazy idea: Why not dictate to pharma MFR that they have to sell us that brand name product at the negotiated discount rate?! Why can’t we ALL save money? (Because with the current model pharma get to sell at the high rate and write off the rebate as a loss.. I know!)

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@UnpopularPharm @ConcernedPharmD @mcuban Ahhh yes.. good old Medicaid. The program that saves the state money while simultaneously screwing the pharmacy. How you ask? By forcing ridiculously expensive brand name drugs over their approved generics. Making us stuck carrying more expensive inventory!

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@UnpopularPharm @ConcernedPharmD @Blueberryrx That’s the exception to the rule, and a big one at that. You can’t, and shouldn’t, expect all pharmacies to do that. Bad for the public good. They don’t fill everything and don’t take insurance. Let’s actually fix the problem with PBM reimbursement instead of avoiding the issue!

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@pcmanet Fake news.. nice try

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@jerseymikes FREE SUB

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@UnpopularPharm @InsOligopoly @mcuban @costplusdrugs Ask @mcuban how much of the overall Medicare Caremark patients are using his pharmacy instead of filling either at retail or mail order and using their Caremark coverage

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@UnpopularPharm @InsOligopoly Because, as you’re well aware, that’s not how it works. It’s also federal regs (Medicare), not state, that require the 10 yrs of record keeping. It’s also feds (DEA) that have all sorts of controlled substance requirements (states do also). Sadly we don’t get paid either way!

[Sarah Huckabee Sanders @SarahHuckabee]

Sen @HawleyMO is right - PBMs profit off sick Americans.

Under my watch, Arkansas was the first state in the country to ban PBMs from owning pharmacies. Now it’s time for the federal government to follow our lead!

[Jeremy Counts @HokiePharmacist]

Any revenue cuts that PBMs see from this executive order will be taken out of patients and pharmacies unless there is reimbursement reform. We MUST reintroduce Pharmacists Fight Back and get it passed IMMEDIATELY!

@RepAuchincloss @RepHarshbarger

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@UnpopularPharm Yet there is no good reason for the discrepancy. There’s no good reason why it should cost $500 for out of pocket pay in the US while it’s less than $100 in the UK.

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@A_Ciaccia @RepBuddyCarter @mmcauliff I wouldn’t bet money on that

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@UnpopularPharm @tmac622 But we do wish to eradicate what they are now. Maybe they can be genetically modified and become more useful and less harmful. If not, then let them be gone forever!

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@HokiePharmacist @UnpopularPharm @RepAuchincloss Yeah they don’t even have a plan on how they would get it back to us. We’re supposed to trust that they’re working on it and they’ll get it right! Yeah.. sure! 👌

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@HokiePharmacist @UnpopularPharm @RepAuchincloss It’s beyond insane. They’re basically planning a money laundering scheme of sorts: They take money from us, get matching federal dollars, then give us back the money they took and keep the extra money from the Feds. Completely bonkers! How are we always stuck in the middle?!?😡😤

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@UnpopularPharm @HokiePharmacist @RepAuchincloss Yeah it’s a big mess. Allegedly by levying this “tax” the state will get some matching federal money. We’ve been told they’re planning on giving back that tax money in some other fashion that is yet to be determined. We’re all EXTREMELY skeptical to say the least 🤨

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@Pharmassists @UnpopularPharm Of course BBC knows.. just loves to always point out the shortcomings of NADAC. I’m sure also realizes that AWP is much worse and the choice is one or the other.

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@Pharmassists … land GLP1s 🫣

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@MdBreathe Wrong again.. you’re in a roll these past few days with being wrong.. and being an ass!

[JOSEPH CHAMMAS @JOE_CHAMMAS]

@MdBreathe Doctors don’t go to pharmacy school, have limited knowledge of drugs, can avoid responsibility for patient outcomes, hardly spend any time with patients, and most refuse to prescribe ivermectin.
And to suggest making it OTC reinforces how stupid your comments were.