Texas Pharmacy Association

Texas Pharmacy Association The Texas Pharmacy Association is the preeminent organization that unifies, strengthens, and protects the profession of pharmacy in Texas.

Join us as we elevate the profession and advance the practice to care for patients!

When the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan (M3P) first launched in January 2025, pharmacies sighed as they prepared to ...
05/30/2026

When the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan (M3P) first launched in January 2025, pharmacies sighed as they prepared to shoulder another regulation. We now have a better sense of what works, what doesn’t, and what’s changing in 2026. "As it turns out, this is a program that actually helps people," writes Liberty Software's Jeremy Manchester. Read the full article in the spring 2026 issue of "Texas Pharmacy" magazine (member login required). https://www.texaspharmacy.org/magazine

Booth space is going fast, but there is still plenty of room for your company to exhibit at the 2026 TPA Conference & Ex...
05/29/2026

Booth space is going fast, but there is still plenty of room for your company to exhibit at the 2026 TPA Conference & Expo! Join us this July in The Woodlands (near Houston) to meet face-to-face with Texas professionals and gain market recognition at the largest pharmacy conference in Texas. Reserve your exhibit space today. https://www.texaspharmacy.org/2026EXPO

TPA staff accepted an invitation this week to visit with Technician Member Ashley Barton, Director of Compounding Operat...
05/29/2026

TPA staff accepted an invitation this week to visit with Technician Member Ashley Barton, Director of Compounding Operations at Peoples Rx - Keeping Austin Well Since 1980, in Austin. Barton showcased their central fill compounding and shared insights, concerns, and opportunities related to compounding. TPA is having early conversations regarding potential legislation around compounding and looks forward to hearing from other pharmacy compounders!

Sen. Lois Kolkhorst on PBM clawbacks: “I do not understand, for the life of me, how someone distributes a prescription… ...
05/27/2026

Sen. Lois Kolkhorst on PBM clawbacks: “I do not understand, for the life of me, how someone distributes a prescription… and then months later, even a year later, somebody can come back and say, ‘Oh, we overpaid you for that, and we’re going to take a bunch of money out of your coffers.’ That is like a psyop. Seriously, that is like a psyop.”

"Rural Texans should not have less access to timely health care simply because Texas maintains outdated restrictions,"...
05/27/2026

"Rural Texans should not have less access to timely health care simply because Texas maintains outdated restrictions," TPA member and independent Crystal McEntire told the Texas Senate Health & Human Services Committee today. "The Cicero Institute recently scored Texas just 3 out of 10 on pharmacist practice authority, placing Texas among the most restrictive states in the country. That low score also negatively impacted Texas applicants pursuing the CMS Rural Health Transformation Program because it reflected the limited flexibility pharmacists have to help meet rural health care needs."

During today’s Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee hearing, Senator Molly Cook, a nurse, said it is part of...
05/27/2026

During today’s Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee hearing, Senator Molly Cook, a nurse, said it is part of her workflow to ask her patients what they use. “When it’s an independent pharmacy, 100% of the time they love it. They will gush about their pharmacy,” Cook said. “It’s a really top priority to me to keep independent pharmacies across the state open, and I hope it is for the committee as well.”

"Independent are closing at a rate of at least one per week—not because patients need fewer medications, not because c...
05/27/2026

"Independent are closing at a rate of at least one per week—not because patients need fewer medications, not because competitors can provide care less expensively, but because vertically integrated PBMs have discovered they can systematically underpay independent pharmacies while overregulation limits our ability to adapt and expand services," said TPA Independent Pharmacy Academy Chair Crystal McEntire. "The path that we are on is unsustainable."

McEntire was invited to testify today before the Texas Senate Health & Human Services Committee and Chair Lois Kolkhorst as it examined the role of PBMs in health care costs and monitored the implementation of SB 1236, passed last year.

A fantastic story from The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy featuring Steve and Ryan Hoffart, including...
05/27/2026

A fantastic story from The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy featuring Steve and Ryan Hoffart, including both the challenges and opportunities for independent locations who are seeking to care for patients in their Texas communities.

Join the Texas Pharmacy Association, in collaboration with Episcopal Health Foundation, for a lively town hall meeting a...
05/27/2026

Join the Texas Pharmacy Association, in collaboration with Episcopal Health Foundation, for a lively town hall meeting about how community pharmacies and -based community health workers (CHWs) are helping Texans overcome barriers to better health. From expanding access to care to strengthening community partnerships, discover how pharmacies are making an impact far beyond medications.

Register for this online learning collaborative next Tuesday, June 2, at 12 p.m.
https://www.texaspharmacy.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=2063105

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