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In 2018 a small group of Maryland pharmacy owners realized that small business community pharmacies no longer had an official voice to be heard in the state legislature. As a response to that need, IPMD was formed.
Independent Pharmacies of Maryland was created for the purpose of strengthening the state's independent community pharmacies and giving them a platform to be recognized in Maryland's legislative negotiations.
The monopolistic and unfair trade practices of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are causing many of Maryland's independent community pharmacies to close their doors, which denies patients across our state access to affordable medications and healthcare.
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PBMs <3 Counterfeit Drugs
PBMs pay pharmacies a reimbursement ceiling that is below the wholesale cost of goods floor for the retail class of trade to independent pharmacies. Counterfeiting ensues. TAP deserves a medal.
The Red Wedding for Rural Pharmacies
Biden just tried to regulate CVS, United Health, and Cigna. Cigna struck back, and is now trying to wipe out independent pharmacies and harm patients. Plus, antitrust enforcers are getting real.
The Pharmacy Benefit Manager & 3rd Grade Math
This is the 3rd-grade math explanation of how Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) work: PBM denies $300 drug. They then force the doctor to use the $1200 version made by the same company with a different label, and makes the price $1194.
Must-read for US employers and lawmakers: 43% of working adults are functionally uninsured
The Commonwealth Fund has published a report that is a must-read for employers and lawmakers. If they read nothing else this year, this should be it.
The report is based on a recent survey of American adults to determine how many of us are adequately insured. You can read the full report here, but below are the highlights:
43% of working adults in this country were inadequately insured this year. They are, in essence, functionally uninsured...
The Fleecing of Maryland Medicaid and Your Tax Dollars
Spread Pricing is Stealing $70 Million* of our Tax Dollars from Maryland Medicaid Annually
PUTTcast Episode 6: The Legislative Value of Independent Pharmacy Associations
Join PUTT co-hosts Monique Whitney & Lauren Young as they chat with representatives from IPMD, LIPA, and MIPA
