Ronna Hauser, PharmD, NCPA senior vice president of policy and pharmacy affairs, recently attended the Informa PBM Contracting Summit, where she presented as a panelist on "Regulatory Snapshot — State Mandates and Federal Enforcement," as well as "Redefining Network Adequacy — Balancing Access and Geography." Attendees included mid-market PBMs as well as wholesalers, pharmacies, and law firms, among others. Discussions involved PBM reform trends at both the state and federal levels as well as ways to create robust pharmacy networks. GLP-1s, disruptor PBMs, rebates, 340B, and Medicaid in 2026 were also discussed.
Ronna was able to cover groundbreaking state-level PBM reforms, including reimbursement floor mandates that are explicitly allowed per the Rutledge v. PCMA Supreme Court decision. She was also able to share the pharmacydeserts.com website with attendees, a new open-source interactive map focused on pharmacy shortage areas. The project is a collaboration between USC and NCPA as part of our Pharmacy Access Initiative.
