Big Buttons

• CALL TO ACTION: Tell FDA to deny drugmakers’ request

  Drugmakers are urging FDA to prohibit compounded GLP-1s. FDA needs to hear from you and your patients NOW! read more →

• APC to FDA: Just say no to Lilly

  This week APC's lawyers sent a formal comment to the FDA about Eli Lilly’s request that tirzepatide be added to the Demonstrably Difficult to Compound list. read more →

• California BOP sends proposed compounding regs to comment period

  The California State Board of Pharmacy decided to move the modified proposed sterile compounding regulations forward to a 30-day comment period. read more →

• Checking in on the post-Chevron fallout

  What’s happened in the world of federal regulation since the end of Chevron? read more →

• Hi, Noom!

  Welcome to our newest Bronze-level Corporate Patron, Noom! read more →

• PFMs can get 2.5% credit card processing

  A new benefit for APC’s Pharmacy/Facility Members: They may be able to cut their credit card processing fees to just 2.5% – 2.8%. read more →

• Phoenix compounders, rise!

  The latest of APC’s new regional meetings — CompoundED UpDATE — is coming to the Phoenix area December 5. read more →

• APC election results: directors and bylaws

  See the results of APC's elections, including four new directors and several changes to our bylaws. read more →

More News

Remember last year’s Tricare/ESI recoupment attempt – in which the agency tried to recoup funds on compounding claims from 2015 from about 400 compounding pharmacies, but then reversed course when challenged by APC and NCPA? And remember how Tricare indicated that funds it recouped would be returned to affected pharmacies who appealed the action?

Yeah, well, now it’s been six months, and for many of those pharmacies that filed the proper appeal paperwork, their funds have not yet been returned.

This week, NCPA’s Ronna Hauser, on behalf of NCPA and APC, reached out to Tricare leaders to express concern about ESI’s dithering in returning pharmacy funds as promised, and reminding the agency that in some cases, more than $100,000 was taken from individual pharmacies and is being held without due process. Came the reply that Tricare is looking into the situation and will get back to us.

So for now we wait. Some more.