American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc

05/12/2026

Understand Your Numbers to Improve Your Performance

Join APCI tomorrow for "The FIBA Explained: How to Use PRO’s Financial Analysis to Outperform the Market", and learn how to turn your pharmacy’s financial data into clear, actionable insight.

Presented by Haley Ramsey, PRO Business Analyst, this session will walk through APCI’s Financial and Industry Benchmark Analysis (FIBA) report and show you how it compares your performance to industry benchmarks, identifies opportunities, and helps you focus on what matters most.

The webinar is free for APCI members, but space is limited. Register today to claim your seat!

Please note: APCI website login required for registration. Visit https://ow.ly/GhT450YVAQB to register.

05/12/2026

Another independent pharmacy closes and sends customers to CVS.

Carleton Pharmacy Sav-Mor Drugs, a community staple since 1982, is closing its doors.

05/12/2026

Have you experienced Medicare coding issues this year?

Chemist selling medication at pharmacy. – Shutterstock You likely walk up to the pharmacy counter thinking that it’ll be nothing more than a routine prescription refill. However, many seniors are experiencing more delays, claim rejections, and confusing prices tied to this year’s Medicare codi...

05/11/2026

Pittsburgh pharmacies are watching efforts closely, and hoping that help comes in time to save them from closure.

Running two drugstores is a break-even endeavor for Primary Care Pharmacy Services owner Anthony Bertola, as long as he barely pays himself. There’s little he can do to improve his margins — he’s at the mercy of a small number of companies that oversee prescription drug benefits. P...

05/11/2026

Pharmacy owners in Rhode Island are joining together to call on legislators to pass .

WESTERLY — Two independent pharmacy owners in Westerly are joining others in Rhode Island in a push to reform pharmacy benefit manager practices that, they say, unfairly favor larger chain

05/11/2026

Patient-centered organizations are calling on Congress to stop abuses and pass .

Patients have come before Congress pleading for relief from unaffordable health care bills for years. In response, many lawmakers and presidential administrations have put forth solutions they claim are “patient-centered,” yet today Americans are frequently still left to choose between their med...

05/10/2026

Wishing all the mothers a very Happy Mother's Day!

05/08/2026

New York legislators have a popular, bipartisan bill moving through the legislature.

The Patient Access to Pharmacy Act would ensure pharmacies are reimbursed at or above the cost of acquiring medications, helping them keep their doors open.

05/07/2026

Here's some insight into the decision making process for plan sponsors when deciding which to choose. Some interesting numbers on savings with more transparent .

The PBM industry is dominated by three major players—CVS’s Caremark, Cigna’s Express Scripts, and UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx—but that competitive landscape is beginning to shift, prompting some employers to look elsewhere. We talked to benefits leaders and healthcare consultants about w...

05/07/2026

Only 12 independent pharmacies remain in Rhode Island. There were once 120. caused the closures.

Multiple independent pharmacies across Rhode Island are calling for pharmacy benefit manager reform, pointing to “predatory practices.”

05/07/2026

Governor plans to sign Tennessee's bill which bars from owning pharmacies in the state.

Governor Bill Lee plans to sign the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) bill passed by the Tennessee General Assembly, according to State Affairs, which reported on Tuesday the governor confirmed his intentions during a visit to Humphreys County. The governor's reported comments follow the passage of Sen...