News and Press Releases
5/26/2023 News
ASHP Past President R. David Anderson Dies at 97
ASHP Past President Robert David “Andy” Anderson, a pharmacy leader whose work advanced the profession well beyond his four decades of active practice, died May 12, 2023. He was 97 years old.5/23/2023
Joint Statement from National Hospital and Pharmacist Associations on Harmful House 340B Legislation
National hospital and hospital pharmacist associations representing members who serve patients in need are strongly opposed to House legislation that would impose onerous reporting requirements on hospitals participating in the 340B drug pricing program. Earlier today, the groups united to send a jo5/18/2023 News
Pharmacists Fight Payer Abuses in Statehouses
Nearly three years ago, Kenneth Komorny, the chief pharmacy officer at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, began hearing that some patients could no longer receive their specialty medications at the top-ranked facility. Instead, insurers required patients to get the drugs administered in their homes or at strip mall infusion centers, often disrupting their treatment.5/18/2023 News
CSHP Cofounder and Past President Peter Solyom Jr Dies at 96
Peter Solyom Jr., former ASHP vice president and past president of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP), died April 13, in Katy, Texas. He was 96 years old.5/17/2023 Press Release
ASHP Announces New Membership Organization for Pharmacy Technician Workforce
Today, ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) announced the creation of The Pharmacy Technician Society™ (TPTS), a national membership organization exclusively dedicated to further elevating pharmacy technician roles in patient care and recognizing their important contributions to heal5/15/2023 News
Clarification of Timeline for PREP Act Authority
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act extending certain authorities for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy students until December 2024. The agency had previously announced th5/11/2023 News
Senate Committee Approves ASHP-Supported Bills, Declines Harmful 340B Changes
Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee advanced several ASHP-supported bills that regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and improve access to generic drugs. Specifically, the committee approved: S. 1607, the Ensuring Timely Access to Generic Drugs Act, which woul5/11/2023 Press Release
Pharmacist Groups Applaud Introduction of Bill Expanding Medicare Patients’ Access to Pharmacist Services
ASHP and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) today applauded the introduction of legislation that would give tens of millions of Medicare patients in medically underserved communities access to critically needed patient care services delivered by pharmacists. The Pharmacy and Medically UnderShowing 1-8 of 2150
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