National Community Pharmacists Association

New resource for state-based pharmacy advocacy orgs complements NCPA’s ongoing state regulatory and legislative work.

The annual award honors an individual whose contributions on behalf of independent pharmacy embody leadership and accomplishment.

New officer installed at annual House of Delegates meeting.

The NCPA Foundation today announced that it has received two grants to help it pursue its mission to improve community-based health care.

Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) has been named the NCPA’s 2026 Spirit of Independence Award recipient.

The 2026 NCPA Digest, sponsored by Cardinal Health, was released today as part of the NCPA’s Annual Convention, being held Oct. 3-6 in Kansas City.

NCPA is pleased to announce that T.J. Woodard, PharmD, owner of Prescriptions to Geaux, is the winner of the 2026 NCPA Willard B. Simmons Independent Pharmacist of the Year Award.

Steve Giroux, owner of Middleport Family Health Center in Middleport, N.Y., received the NCPA’s 2026 Calvin J. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award.

A team of student pharmacists from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy was named the winner of the 23rd annual Good Neighbor Pharmacy NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.

Jessica Hung, co-owner of Semmes Pharmacy in Semmes, Ala., has received this year’s NARD Ownership Award from the NCPA Foundation.

The award honors the memory of Sharlea Leatherwood, former NCPA and NCPA Foundation President.

The NCPA Foundation has named Megan Smith, PharmD, as the 2026 Outstanding Faculty Liaison of the Year.

Blake Torres was named the recipient of the 2026 National Preceptor of the Year Award by the NCPA Foundation.

The NCPA Foundation announced the recipients of this year’s NCPA Foundation scholarships.

NCPA and CPESN open enrollment for program offering community and long-term care pharmacies a supported pathway to participation in the CMS ACCESS model for Original Medicare patients.

NCPA is pleased to announce these upcoming online events for pharmacists and pharmacy team members.

Proposed Caremark order could become an industrywide rule while releasing unrelated PBM conduct, unless strengthened, NCPA says.

NCPA is pleased to announce that it has named Sara Roszak as its senior vice president of the office of the CEO.

Program yields evidence supporting $14.1 million in savings by keeping patients out of the hospital.

The NCPA is pleased to announce these upcoming online events for pharmacists and pharmacy team members.

NCPA is pleased to announce the keynote speakers for its 2026 Annual Convention, set for Oct. 3-6 in Kansas City, Mo.

Letter to CMS says independent community and long-term care pharmacies should be reimbursed based on their true costs, not whatever PBMs say is reasonable.

The three teams will present their business plans in a live competition on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, at the NCPA Annual Convention in Kansas City.

NCPA is pleased to announce these upcoming online events for pharmacists and pharmacy team members.

The convention is set for Oct. 3-6 in Kansas City, Mo., while the pre-convention events will take place Oct. 1-2.

The NCPA is pleased to announce these upcoming online events for pharmacists and pharmacy team members.

Regulators and policymakers can’t understand the effect of vertically integrated insurance plans without full transparency, say independent pharmacists.

Independent businesses and farmers unveil affordability agenda centered on stronger competition policy and antitrust enforcement.