I’m a pharmacist that is giving pharmaceutical companies 2 hours at least in an 8 hour day, inputting the BIN #, group, id, and asking if they have activated the coupon first. This with my semi-high volume setting we process 20 coupons easily per day. In the end, who is it benefiting? My company, the PBM or the Drug company? These plastic cards have taken over my business.

PBMs once were for small claims processing, now they are involved in 70% of all Rx’s and up to 95% of all drug coverage plans. PBM’s set the parameters for physician prescribing, the tiered co-payments, rebates, etc.

In summary they control the usage of Rx drugs through incentives. They are Rebate kings.

My congress, my state reps and senators, my state board, all seem defenseless against these sleazy operators. They are are running all over us with no opposition.

I want to involve my local association… please send them your thoughts, by replying to this post.

I would like to put in names so that they might come out and start the fight and stop accepting
these time consuming headaches. Even sites like www.yourrxdiscounts.com where you can print out your coupon for drug from Abilify to Norco to Replax to Zoloft.

How can someone with an Rx for Solodyn 90mg pay $650 and then someone with a plastic card
get the same amount for $25?

…To be continued

Royd M.

We are going to allow our board members to speak their mind. We will even allow them to vent their frustrations. As this process becomes more active, I would highly recommend you ping the blog email if you are interested in contributing your own post.

Most importantly, we really want to see your comments

Your comments are what make a blog flow. Feel free to comment anonymously, or feel free to hold your ground on whatever it is you would like to discuss. We ask only one thing, KEEP IT CLEAN!!

In the meantime, check out our first CAPA board member blog post. It comes from a very special member who has been with CAPA for a very long time.

Join us as we finally enter the interactive blog sphere.

Marcus

If you are not receiving e-vites, please reach out to our secretary Tara Penny. Remember if your membership is not current with TPA or CAPA, you will not be receiving the e-vites. You can always join now by visiting the TPA website, which is just about to get revamped.

Many of the CAPA members and other local pharmacists have been helping TPA get ready for their annual meeting, which will be held in Austin, TX, this year. CAPA is the local chapter of the Texas Pharmacy Association that will be co-hosting the event. If you are interested in contributing to the event, make sure to reach out to Mark Zamutt, one of our local members.

We are also looking for more sponsors for our meetings. Please contact our program director to sponsor any future events. You can see the current schedule of our meetings page of the CAPA website. If you are interested in sponsoring one of our meetings, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at D&B on Thursday evening.

Take the time to read the article and see for yourself why we need to stand up as a profession and show why we can be the experts in managing patient’s medication therapy and medical conditions. See how pharmacists can achieve those positive patient outcomes by filling in the gaps that current health care solutions do not fill.

Pharmacists Could Play Important Role In Reform

Thank you to Scott Griggs for sharing the article to the rest of us.

If you have something you would like to share with the rest of your fellow CAPA members do not hesitate to send us an e-mail with a link and any description you would like to include in the discussion.