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With the 10 drugs negotiated under the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program (MDPNP) set to take effect on January 1, 2026, community pharmacies and their advocacy groups are working hard right now to better understand the program, what it means for community pharmacies, and how to avoid cashflow and business-related issues stemming from it.
“I think that I’ll go to bed on the 31st crossing my fingers that, when pharmacies open up on the first or on the second, that the claims, everything processes the way it should,” Lisa Schwartz, PharmD, senior director of professional affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), told…