New York: A grassroots alert supporting advocacy efforts in NYS (New York State) for the move of pharmacy benefits from Medicaid Managed Care to Fee for Service effective 4/1/23 (known as NYRx). Click here to access the alert

Please ask all your NY pharmacies and their staff members to act TODAY using this easy-to-use one click Alert to counter efforts by those opposed to NYRx who are actively trying to get NY lawmakers to repeal or delay it.

This policy is particularly important for Medicaid patients’ access to pharmacy care and for the community pharmacies that support them.

Also in New York, a request was sent out from the NY Department of Financial Services (DFS) last month. To clarify, please just send data to the Department directly, as directed below. Do not copy NACDS. However, if you do share that data with the state, I would ask that you let us know that you shared data with the Department so we will, at a minimum, be able to tell how many of our members responded with their own companies’ data. NACDS will be commenting and documents from other states highlighting the PBM issues.

The Department is inviting submissions of data or documented evidence from the public related to pricing models and pharmacy reimbursement practices by pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) in New York State.

• View the Request for Public Comments (PDF)

Responses should be emailed to PBM@dfs.ny.gov, with “PBM2022-06” included in the subject line. Failure to include “PBM2022-06” in the subject line may result in your comment not being considered. The deadline for responses is October 31, 2022.

For more information, please contact NACDS’ Ben Pearlman at 617-515-2603.