December 23, 2025 In the face of significant premium hikes, coverage denials and ailing hospitals , calls for transparency of health insurers in Alabama are steadily increasing in volume and consistency. Alabama Independent Pharmacy Alliance (AIPA) supports these calls for transparency in the name of fair pay rates for healthcare providers and low costs for consumers and taxpayers. Since its inception, AIPA has advocated for transparency of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) prac

November 25, 2025 Thanksgiving Day is approaching, a time to reflect on our blessings, good fortune and the good people in our lives.  The Alabama Independent Pharmacy Alliance (AIPA) is particularly thankful for the efforts of the legislators who heard pharmacies’ concerns and acted in the last session by unanimously passing SB252, the Community Pharmacy Relief Act, and for the Alabama Department of Insurance Pharmacy Benefit Manager Compliance Division (PBM Division), which

Originally appeared on the Alabama Department of Insurance website https://aldoi.gov/currentnewsitem.aspx?ID=1341 Contact:  Jennifer Bowen (334) 269-3550 11/19/2025 The Alabama Department of Insurance welcomes Kelli Littlejohn Newman, Pharm.D., to lead the Department’s newly established Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Compliance Division, effective December 16. The Division was created to ensure full compliance with the requirements of the Community Pharmacy Relief Act, passed

November 5, 2025 Fall is upon us, bringing cool nights and busy schedules as we plan tailgate parties, Thanksgiving feasts and Christmas parties. This year, the hardworking staff at Alabama Department of Insurance (DOI) are busy with a very different task, addressing a threat to healthcare in our state. The final provisions of SB252, The Community Pharmacy Relief Act, took effect on October 1, mandating that Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) pay independent pharmacies in Alaba

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI) donated $3.5 million  to its new political action committee (PAC) on Wednesday. The new PCI PAC was registered in September with the Alabama Secretary of State's office, ahead of the upcoming 2026 election cycle in Alabama, which features competitive legislative, constitutional and judicial offices. Gambling legislation supported by PCI was brought up continually in media reports during the 2025 session, but it was never officially filed

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