Montana Pharmacy Association

12/31/2025

DPHHS is offering one-time incentive payments to recruit employees at Montana’s state-run health care facilities. For more information go to Work4DPHHS.com

04/10/2025

https://www.seeleylake.com/story/2025/04/10/news/montanas-small-pharmacies-behind-bill-to-corral-pharmacy-benefit-managers/10973.html

HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s small, independent pharmacies say they’re getting increasingly squeezed on reimbursements by pharmacy benefit managers — and are pushing an ambitious bill to rein in what they say are unfair practices by the powerful industry negotiators known as PBMs. “Who in the...

03/31/2025

Montana’s small, independent pharmacies say they’re getting increasingly squeezed on reimbursements by pharmacy benefit managers — and are pushing an ambitious

03/19/2025

In this legislative session, I introduced House Bill 740 to help Montana’s pharmacies stand up to pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Decades ago, these industry giants started out filling a legitimate need in the processing and negotiating of prescription drug insurance benefits. However, they quic...

01/23/2025

https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/apgstate/community-foundations-local-pharmacy-strives-to-help-others-live-a-healthier-life/article_e3c67870-b1c8-5be9-840d-2a891652eb7f.html

Editor’s Note: Small communities are built by small, locally owned businesses, propped up by people with creative and unique ideas. Community Foundations is a series dedicated to highlighting the businesses

10/21/2024

Our partner, Pharmacists Mutual is once again generously offering a scholarship for pharmacy students. If you will be a P3 or P4 pharmacy student in the 2025-2026 academic year, planning to practice in an underserved community, you may be eligible.
Find out how to apply -https://phmic.com/scholarship

09/04/2024

Walmart pharmacies across Montana launched a new service last week that allows pharmacists to test patients and prescribe them the appropriate treatment.

06/11/2024

Rural pharmacies can be a touchstone for their communities. The staff knows everyone’s names and drugs, answers questions about residents’ mail-order prescriptions or can spot the signs of serious illness.

05/20/2024

Newly minted pharmacist Madeline Hellinger recently worked side by side with her great uncle, Ernie Ratzburg – the longest-working pharmacist in Montana with 60 years beneath his crisp white jacket.

04/09/2024

The University of Montana has hired Dr. Matthew G. Fete as the next dean of its growing College of Health. He will start June 17.

03/04/2024

A nationwide cyber attack is continuing to plague pharmacies in Montana and around the country after nearly two weeks.

01/29/2024

DILLON — The Montana Pharmacy Association Board of Directors recently announced that Carly Thomason, a pharmacy technician with Barrett Hospital & Healthcare in Dillon, has won the Montana Pharmacy Technician