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Independent Pharmacy Alliance, established 1988, is a trade group and retail pharmacy buying cooperative representing over 3,600 independent pharmacies.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers 8 – 0
Ruling Returns Power to Regulate PBMs to the States
The American Pharmacists Association today hailed the unanimous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the right of Arkansas to regulate pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies.
“This is a great day for pharmacists and their patients,” said Scott J. Knoer, executive vice president and CEO of the American Pharmacists Association. “For years, PBMs have threatened the sacrosanct relationship between pharmacists and their patients and have never been forced to answer to any authority for their actions. This opinion redresses that imbalance and returns the power to protect the interests of patients to the states and other local authorities, where it belongs.”
The court ruled 8-0 that an Arkansas law, which prohibited PBMs from reimbursing pharmacies at a lower rate than what the pharmacies pay to fill prescriptions, is valid and not preempted by ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act). The opinion was written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, with Justice Thomas providing a concurring opinion. Justice Amy Coney Barrett did not vote because she was not yet seated as an associate justice when the oral arguments were heard in early October.
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IPA is pleased to announce our new contract with Mason Natural Vitamins,
~ New Accounts Receive ~
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To order or for questions, please contact:
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or
Heather at IPA 800-575-COOP (2667) / Email: info@ipagroup.org
Be sure to mention your IPA membership when placing your order.
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Questions: Contact IPA at 800-575-COOP (2667). / info@ipagroup.org.
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