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HOT TOPIC SPEAKER 

TOPIC: DRUG PRICING 

LT. EMEKA EGWIM, PHARMD, RPH

SENIOR ASSISTANT PHARMACIST, UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE COMMISIONEDCORPS, CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

Dr. Emeka Egwim is a Senior Assistant Pharmacist and Lieutenant in the

United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. He is stationed

at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore

Maryland.

Dr. Egwim studied biology at the University of Maryland BaltimoreCounty. He went on to obtain his Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from

Howard University College of Pharmacy in Washington D.C. He has

published a number of articles, spoken at multiple seminars on various

pharmacy polices and enjoys engaging pharmacists and pharmacy

students on the role of pharmacists in health policy and governmental

affairs.

Along with his CMS colleagues, Dr. Egwim analyzes and writes policies

that implement specific provisions of healthcare laws, which include (but

is not limited to) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

and Section 1927 of the Social Security Act. The provisions include theMedicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), the 340B Drug Discount

Program, the Federal Upper Limits (FUL) for pharmacy reimbursement,

the Medicaid Expansion and Alternative benefit Plans (ABP), State Plan

Amendments (SPAs), the Covered Outpatient Drug Rule amongst others.

He also assists in providing the agency, state Medicaid programs, law makers and other stakeholders with clinical and

policy expertise as it relates to emergent pharmaceutical treatment regimens, research, care delivery models and

standards of care for various diseases or conditions and is instrumental in the development of some CMS Releases

including State Release No. 172 titled “Assuring Medicaid Beneficiaries Access to Hepatitis C (HCV) Drugs” which was

issued by CMS on November 5, 2015. 

HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

PHARMACY POLICY SYMPOSIUM 

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 8 a.m.

Armour J. Blackburn Center