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Pharmacists, chains and PBMs: Arkansas groups urge stronger enforcement to stem workforce losses
Summary
Arkansas pharmacists told the Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that workforce strain, store-hour reductions at major chains and delayed PBM payments are reducing access; the Arkansas Pharmacist Association backed Senate Bill 94 to strengthen enforcement of existing PBM rules and cited 90,000 PBM claims filed last year.
John Vincent, CEO of the Arkansas Pharmacist Association, told the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee that Arkansas faces growing shortages among pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and that changes in pharmacy business models and PBM contracting are worsening access.
"My name is John Vincent, CEO of the Arkansas Pharmacist Association," Vincent said, introducing the association’s roughly 2,300 members. He described a rising demand for pharmacist positions, noting a roughly 9.5% increase in job postings in the South and saying "about 10% of the licensed pharmacist positions" were…
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