NCPA to CMS: Pharmacists may bail on Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

NCPA to CMS: Pharmacists may bail on Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

ALEXANDRIA, Va.  – Almost 20 percent of independent pharmacists say they won’t stock drugs in the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, and another 67 percent say they also might not participate, according to a new survey by the National Community Pharmacists Association.“Independent pharmacists want this program to work, and they want to participate,” says NCPA CEO B. Douglas Hoey. “But the program must be implemented in a way that makes bus…