Associations representing drugstores are suing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to forestall new reimbursement rates going into effect for prescription drugs. The National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the National Community Pharmacists Association filed a lawsuit on Nov. 7 against CMS and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including acting CMS Administrator Kerry Weems and HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt. The associations’ strategy is to buy time for Congress to pass legislation that reconfigures the proposed reimbursement rates. “Our number one priority is the legislation, and the only way we really can fix this is to get Congress to… Read More