This week's Advocacy Update includes news on Paul Ryan's election as Speaker of the House of Representatives, another DSCSA enforcement delay, concerns about the Walgreens / Rite-Aid merger, and much more!

Pharmacists in Iowa and across the country are claiming victory as the Southern District Court of Iowa granted the State of Iowa's motion to dismiss the remaining complaints of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association's (PCMA) lawsuit against it over the state’s pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulation law.

The MCO (Managed Care Organizations for Medicaid) requires that you have the option to be notified in advance of changes to the generic pricing utilized for West Virginia Family Health beneficiaries.

Pursuant to state MAC regulations, please consider this to be notification that Tmesys has published a new MAC pricing list.

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Medicare news/Medicaid news . . 2

Florida news. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5