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Posted: Jun 10, 2025

APhA alarmed by elimination of ACIP voting membership

WASHINGTON, DC -- Vaccines save lives and are the best defense against many diseases. Pharmacists and the public rely upon the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for scientifically backed recommendations and information to support balancing their health risk with choice. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) supports those scientists and researchers who dedicate their careers to critically evaluating and analyzing data to recommend evidence-based vaccines that protect the public. APhA is deeply troubled that the United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary unilaterally removed all 17 ACIP voting members without following formal protocols.

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Posted: Jun 9, 2025

APhA withholds endorsement of ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule

WASHINGTON, DC – APhA is the only pharmacy representative among several professional organizations that reviews and evaluates the ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule annually. Recently, there have been several updates to the COVID-19 vaccine recommendations made by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These changes include removing the recommendation for people who are pregnant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Posted: May 2, 2025

National coalition urges Congress to pass bipartisan legislation to ensure seniors’ access to essential pharmacist services

Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL), Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA), this week introduced H.R. 3164,  the Ensuring Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act (ECAPS), bipartisan legislation that would ensure Medicare beneficiaries can access select testing and treatment services from pharmacists.

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Posted: Apr 21, 2025

APhA Releases New Recommendations to Guide Collaboration Between Pharmacists and Health Plans on Coverage for Services in the Medical Benefit

WASHINGTON, DC (April 21, 2025) — The American Pharmacists Association announces the release of Recommendations for Health Plans and Pharmacists to Advance Coverage for Pharmacists’ Services in the Medical Benefit. The recommendations are designed to improve patients’ access to care and health outcomes by expanding coverage for pharmacists’ patient care services under health plans’ medical benefits.

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Posted: Apr 14, 2025

Brian Lawson is Named Executive Director of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties

Washington, D.C. —The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Lawson, PharmD, ICE-CCP, as Executive Director of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS), an autonomous division of APhA and the premier post-licensure certification body for the pharmacy profession. Lawson’s selection follows an exhaustive national search launched earlier this year to identify the next leader of BPS.

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