American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. on LinkedIn: The recommendation marks the third remake for the COVID vaccine since… (2024)

Congratulations to APCI member Hayden Health Mart Pharmacy for being selected as a finalist for Health Mart Pharmacy of the Year! We're proud of the work that owner Jennifer Metcalf and her staff do every day to care for their patients and the community!

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The FDA’s decision will allow drugmakers to begin producing and distributing the shots, which are expected to be used as part of a fall Covid vaccination campaign.https://ow.ly/Pn1n50SiWOY

The CDC advisory was issued at about the same time as the US Department of Justice announced a federal health-care fraud indictment against two executives from the digital health company Done Global.https://ow.ly/S70u50SiWHP

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With an average discount of about 60%, the wholesale value of the discounted prescriptions over two years is approximately $250 billion. The retail markup adds hundreds of millions more to the total revenue stream.https://ow.ly/t8Ex50SiWpt

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“There’s no transparency whatsoever. When you get a prescription, you have no idea what you might pay, other than your copay. You have no idea what your employer is paying or whoever you have insurance with. Your employer has no idea what they’re going to pay. The manufacturer has no idea that you got a prescription from. No idea. Nobody knew anything.”https://ow.ly/8GuE50SiWcc

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🇺🇸 Happy Flag Day from your friends at APCI! Today, we celebrate the symbol of our nation's freedom and unity. Let's honor the red, white, and blue with pride. #FlagDay #USA

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Mike Johnson and Bill Eley are welcoming attendees to the APCI booth with open arms at this weekend's Georgia Pharmacy Association convention. Stop by and say hello!

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“The lack of accountability and regulation [of #PBMs] has led to a real imbalance... If we let this go unchecked, more pharmacies will go out of business, and that is going to hurt patients more than anything.”https://ow.ly/bjNq50Si9sf

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"#PBM reform is something tangible and effective that Congress can accomplish now and they already have done most of the hard work to bring it about."https://ow.ly/6FMe50Si8YZ

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At least 36 states have laws that are supposed to limit insurers’ use of step therapy. But most only apply in certain cases, and enforcement has been spotty.https://ow.ly/sZe650Sh73X

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