This year is off to a productive start around the state houses across the country. NCPA’s advocacy team has been working tirelessly to support efforts ranging from reimbursements to PBM reforms to HIV care. Click in to learn more about what’s happening in N.M., Neb., R.I., Maine, Ore., N.Y., Mich., Tenn., Vt., Calif., Hawaii, Md., S.C.,Ky., W.Va., and Penn. N.M. seeks enhanced support for independents
NCPA recently submitted a letter to New Mexico House Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee Chair Elizabeth Thomson in advance of a hearing on HB 165, legislation to require that managed Medicaid companies reimburse community independent pharmacies based on NADAC plus a professional dispensing fee.
LAS CRUCES - A bill that would allow health care providers to give aid in dying to terminally ill patients passed the New Mexico House Health and Human Services Committee after an emotional three-hour debate Friday, Jan. 29, in which legislators discussed their own personal stories of caring for friends and family in their final days.
House Bill 47 is named for Elizabeth Whitfield, a former district court judge who suffered through a lengthy battle with cancer over many years. She went to the Legislature in 2017 advocating for legislation allowing for aid in dying, but died last year, before seeing that bill passed into law.