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PCMA is the national association representing America’s pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). PBMs are working every day to secure savings, enable better health out

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@PunchbowlNews Read all about the new campaign at https://t.co/dLvpl48fqQ

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PBMs are back – and they’re everywhere this week.

Keep an eye out for our value campaign ads across @PunchbowlNews newsletters this week.

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@PhRMA Not true. Patent abuse by Big Pharma delays competition from generics and biosimilars. PBMs encourage the coverage of lower-cost options when available.

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Read the full memo here: https://t.co/1MMPnVIONg

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You've probably heard a lot about PBMs in recent years. Our CCO Brendan Buck lays out why you're going to hear a lot more soon - and why we’re going to start showing up.

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PCMA Launches Largest Campaign Yet To Shift Policymakers’ Focus To Drug Makers https://t.co/rxEdjBpVmP

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Today, PCMA launched a new multi-channel campaign to educate policymakers on the role and value of PBMs.

The first ad in the campaign, titled Mom’s Medicine, highlights the real-world human benefit that families see from the work PBMs do to lower drug prices.

Watch the ad now:

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David Marin, PCMA President and CEO, sat down with @BGOV to discuss our new advertising campaign that focuses on affordability and patient safety.

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The nation’s top pharmacy benefit manager lobbying group, the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, is launching a new seven-figure advertising campaign Monday focused on affordability. https://t.co/kYx6VOv5GV

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Companies make high-stakes decisions every day – and this includes setting up pharmacy benefits for their employees. Employers need affordable prescription drug coverage that meets the needs of a diverse workforce, and for this they hire a pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM.

Our newest piece brings you behind the scenes and explores how consultant-driven employer RFPs shape pharmacy benefits.

https://t.co/tI7rDnGZwd

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A new @statnews piece from Tahir Amin, @IMAKglobal Founder and CEO and Rohit Malpani, former Director of Policy for the Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign examines how Big Pharma exploits patent law loopholes to keep drug prices high.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/lvOOm35lHe

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Our full statement: https://t.co/pPR85hAbDx

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Today, @WaysandMeansGOP is marking up HR 3164, the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS). PCMA supports the legislation’s objective to expand access to care for seniors by allowing Medicare to reimburse pharmacists for important clinical care services they provide to patients.

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Read more: https://t.co/4zMuBrkFyp

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Today, the @EdWorkforceCmte is set to consider the PBM Kickback Prohibition Act, which bars payments from a PBM to a health care broker or consultant.

We welcome this focus and issued the following statement in advance of the markup:

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Learn more: https://t.co/cMn5kQMRS1

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Did you know… Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) do more than reduce the cost of prescription drugs – by $300 billion each year. PBMs also play an important clinical role.

Disease management programs are just one way that PBMs deliver not just savings, but also services and safety for American families.

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Members of Congress are “not fully aware of the massive reforms and transparency [that are] now the law of the land,” @PCMANet president and CEO David Marin told @mayagoldman_ at #AxiosFOH.

“We’re gonna make sure we’re aligned and integrated in telling our stories.”

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Tune In Now: PCMA President and CEO David Marin speaking at the @Axios Future of Health Summit #AxiosFoH

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WATCH: @axios hosts conversations on the future of U.S. healthcare — from drug pricing to digital health — featuring @DrOzCMS, @SenPeterWelch, @SenatorMarshall, @PhRMA, @bmsnews, @PCMAnet, @CLEAR, @WHOOP, @WW_us & @sesamecare. #AxiosLive

https://t.co/s6EXoscsWL

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Read the full piece here: https://t.co/WKUCKAinHZ

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Wholesalers are one of the most overlooked and most influential players in the drug supply chain.

In her latest piece, PCMA's Amanda Frost, Vice President of Research, outlines key questions that policymakers should be asking about the role wholesalers play and the influence they have.