JULY • 2016
NCPA PAC UPDATE
National Community Pharmacists Association Political Action Committee
P1. NCPA Political Action
P1. PAC Telethon
Committee—Your Voice on
Capitol Hill.
P2. NCPA’s Work for Pharmacy
P2. 2016 NCPA Congressional
Champion, Congressman
Doug Collins, Pays Off
Pharmacy Summit
NCPA Political Action
NCPA PAC MVP Donors
Committee (NCPA PAC)—
($5,000 in personal funds annually)
Your Voice on Capitol Hill Bradley Arthur, Buffalo, NY
YOUR SUPPORT OF THE NCPA PAC
enables the government affairs staff to
meet with and educate members of Congress to discuss the valuable role community pharmacies play in our nation’s health
care system and the challenges these small
businesses continue to face. PAC resources
allow NCPA to remain an active player in
the ever-changing pharmacy policy and
regulatory landscape. With the continued
support of NCPA members nationwide,
the NCPA PAC will continue to have a
powerful political presence in our nation’s
capital and further promote a pro-pharmacy agenda on Capitol Hill.
In the current 2016 election cycle (January
1, 2015 – June 30, 2016), the NCPA PAC
has raised over $700,000! The NCPA PAC
consists of you, NCPA members, the dedicated government affairs team and a group
of your colleagues who take the time out
of their busy schedules to lead our PAC
Committee. Without this team, educating members of Congress on Capitol Hill
to ensure community pharmacy’s voice is
heard clearly and strongly would not be
possible. Thank you for your support! ■
Jay Blackburn, Stoughton, WI
Jeff Carson, San Antonio, TX
John Carson, San Antonio, TX
Brian Caswell, Baxter Springs, KS
Hugh Chancy, Hahira, GA
Charles Cottrell, Brewton, AL
Stephen Giroux, Middleport, NY
Robert Greenwood, Waterloo, IA
H. Edward Heckman, Stoughton, WI
B. Douglas Hoey, Alexandria, VA
Edmund Horton, Stephenville, TX
Tony Ogden, Pasadena, TX
Bill Osborn, Miami, OK
PAC Champion Donors
($2,500 or more in personal funds annually)
Michael Butler, Hot Springs Village, AR
Jeff Harrell, Ilwaco, WA
Sherwood Klein, Ellicottville, NY
Lonnie Meredith, Haskell, TX
William Moore, Sinton, TX
Anthony Ortiz, North Bergen, NJ
Steve Pfister, Alexandria, VA
Darrin Silbaugh, Carlisle, PA
Troy Simons, Perry, OK
Dave Smith, Brookville, PA
Mike Vinson, Montgomery, AL
Lonny Wilson, Oklahoma City, OK
Annual PAC Telethon
THIS PAST MARCH, THE NCPA PAC
had a very successful annual fundraising telethon held before NCPA’s Steering Committee
Forum. Over two days we gathered pledges
of over $70,000. Thank you to all of those
who participated in contributing and calling
during our annual fundraising telethon.
A huge thank you to the callers who made
the PAC Telethon a huge success!
Dan Brown
Danny Cottrell
Chris Daly
George Garmer
Lauren Gilmore
Steve Giroux
Robert Greenwood
Ed Horton
Emily Ickes
Tom Kelly
Nasir Mahmood
Robert Nichols
Eleni Peterson
Sarah Reed
Jody Reel
Mark Riley
Jim Spoon
Christian Tadrus
Scott Wolak
NCPA’s Work for Pharmacy 2016 NCPA Congressional Pharmacy Summit
Champion, Congressman
Doug Collins, Pays Off
PHARMACY CHAMPION Rep. Doug
Collins of Georgia swept to victory in his 9th
congressional district Republican primary on
May 24, 2016 winning 61% of the vote in a
five-way race and avoiding a runoff. His prime
opponent, former member of Congress Paul
Broun’s strategy to split the vote amongst the
five candidates and force a runoff election
with Collins was unsuccessful. NCPA was very
committed to ensuring that Collins prevailed
by contributing the maximum allowed from
the NCPA PAC to his campaign, hosting fundraisers in Washington, DC and in Gainesville,
Ga., on his behalf and by sending out several
“get out the vote” messages to NCPA members
residing in his district reminding them to vote
and encouraging them to spread the word of
his strong support of community pharmacy. Thank you to all of you that have supported
NCPA in these efforts!
Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) speaking
at an NCPA hosted fundraiser during
the Steering Committee Forum.
Collins, the chief sponsor of HR 244, MAC
transparency legislation, has no Democratic
opponent in November, all but assuring reelection to a third term. Two other pharmacy
champions in Georgia also had easy days May
24. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-1st), the only pharmacist in Congress, did not draw a primary
opponent, nor does he have a general election
challenger. Rep. Austin Scott (R-8th) cruised
to a primary win with 78% of the vote. ■
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) receives “Friend of Pharmacy”
award from Jeff Harrell, NCPA Second Vice President and owner
of Peninsula Pharmacies, Inc. in Ilwaco, Wash.
MORE THAN 350 INDEPENDENT
community pharmacists gathered in the
Washington, D.C., area for the NCPA 2016
Congressional Pharmacy Summit May
24-25 to advocate for pharmacy choice for
patients and greater drug pricing transparency. During the Summit, attendees heard
from House Republican Conference Chair,
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.),
who is the founding member of the Congressional Pharmacy Caucus and a longtime
supporter of NCPA’s legislative priorities.
McMorris Rodgers was named a “Friend of
Pharmacy” for her continued willingness
to fight for constructive, pro-community
pharmacy legislation over the years.
Summit attendees conducted 600+ visits
to more than 250 U.S. House and Senate
offices to advocate for:
•Creating greater transparency for generic prescription drug reimbursements
in government-run programs by enacting H.R. 244, the MAC Transparency Act.
H.R. 244 was introduced by Reps. Doug
Collins (R-Ga.) and Dave Loebsack (DIowa) and has 46 cosponsors.
•Requiring Medicare Part D and pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) corpora-
tions to report pharmacy price concessions when prescription drugs are
dispensed, which are called “direct and
indirect remuneration” (DIR) fees.
•Pushing to include an any willing pharmacy provision in federal programs by
enacting H.R. 793 / S. 1190, the Ensuring Seniors Access to Local Pharmacies
Act, which would allow community
pharmacies in medically underserved
areas to serve Medicare Part D beneficiaries as long as the pharmacy accepts
the drug plan’s terms and conditions.
Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)
Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Tom Cotton
(R-Ark.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)
introduced S. 1190 and it has 10 cosponsors. The House companion bill
H.R. 793 was introduced by Reps. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) and Peter Welch
(D-Vt.) and has 97 cosponsors.
•Increasing Medicare beneficiary access
to health care services delivered by pharmacists by recognizing them as health
care providers under Medicare Part B by
enacting H.R. 592 / S. 314, the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas
Enhancement Act. S. 314 was introduced
NCPA PAC NEWSLETTER
NCPA PAC Chairman, Steve Giroux
speaking at the PAC breakfast.
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) with NCPA board member
Brian Caswell and Kansas NCPA members.
by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa),
Robert Casey (D-Pa.), and Mark Kirk
(R-Ill.) and has 48 cosponsors. H.R. 592
was introduced by Reps. Brett Guthrie
(R-Ky.), G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), Todd
Young (R-Ind.), and Ron Kind (D-Wis.)
and now has 288 cosponsors.
•With regards to the PBM clawback (or
DIR fee) issue, community pharmacists asked their members of Congress
to sign onto letters to the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, urging
the agency to finalize its proposed guidance on “negotiated prices” reporting to
make DIR fees more transparent. The
letters were organized by Reps. Austin
Scott (R-Ga.), Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa),
Peter Welch (D-Vt.), and Buddy Carter
(R-Ga.) and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito
(R-W.Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa), and Sherrod Brown
(D-Ohio).
NCPA hosted a successful fundraising reception for Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) during
the Summit. Moran is a longtime supporter of
independent community pharmacy on Capitol Hill and is cosponsoring S. 314, Pharmacy
and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement
Act, which would recognize pharmacists as
providers under the Medicare Part B Program
and S. 1190, the Ensuring Seniors Access to
Local Pharmacies Act, which would allow community pharmacies in medically underserved
areas to serve Medicare Part D beneficiaries as
long as the pharmacy accepts the drug plan’s
terms and conditions.
The annual Sal D’Angelo NCPA Political
Action Committee breakfast was held on
May 25th where NCPA PAC Chairman and
owner of Middleport Family Health Center
Steve Giroux, R.Ph., spoke to attendees about
the importance of contributing to the NCPA
PAC and being involved politically. He recognized all the NCPA PAC major donors as well
as the student volunteers who participated in
a NCPA PAC telethon earlier in the week that
raised over $20,000 for the NCPA PAC.
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
THE STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
George Akumby, University of Charleston
Trey Burry, University of Florida
Ralph Galega, University of Texas at Austin
Emily Ickes, Ohio Northern University
Benjamin Jolly, St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Taylor Lewis, Ohio Northern University
Ajiden Mbah, University of Charleston
Robert Nichols, University of Iowa
Eleni Peterson, Massachusetts College
of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Tyler Ratliff, East Tennessee State University
Kandon Render, Mercer University
Ashley Robold, Wilkes University
Ricardo Spencer, Auburn University
Chris Squires, Auburn University
Ashley Wengrove, University of
Colorado Denver
Samuel Williams, University of Iowa
Stephen Hayes speaking at
the PAC breakfast.
NCPA members from Washington meeting
with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) during
NCPA Congressional Pharmacy Summit.
Giroux then turned it over to keynote
speaker Stephen Hayes, senior writer for
The Weekly Standard and Fox News contributor who spoke about his thoughts and
predictions on the upcoming elections. ■
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PROFILE OF INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY PHARMACY!
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LaViolette at [email protected] or 703-600-1180.
“Are you willing to give $1 a day [to the NCPA PAC] to
protect your business and your bottom line?”
—Steve Giroux, PAC Chairman, Middleport Family Health Center, Middleport, NY
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