|Podcasts|May 23, 2023

Independent Rx Forum - Congressional Trends on PBM Reform

Anne Cassity, JD, senior vice president of Public Affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association discusses congressional and lawmaker trends on pharmacy benefits manager reform with guests, Adam Harbison and Kaite Krell.

In this episode, Anne Cassity, JD, senior vice president of Public Affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), Adam Harbison, MSc, senior director of Congressional Affairs at NCPA, and Kaite Krell, MPh, associate director of Congressional Affairs, talk about congressional and lawmaker trends on pharmacy benefits manager reform.

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