Association roundup - March 8, 2013
The Mississippi Board of Pharmacy has backed off a proposal to control regulation of pharmacy benefit managers after the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association threatened to sue if the board went through with the plan. Pharmacy benefit managers are the companies that employers, unions and state agencies hire to negotiate discounts from drugstores. State departments of insurance traditionally regulate such companies, but Mississippi explored giving that power to its board of pharmacy instead.
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Some associations urge Supreme Court to strike DOMA
Citing employer impact, benefits and fire protection groups join brief; medical groups also weigh in on same-sex marriage cases Klein
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Varroney returns to digital world
Former TechAmerica head starts blog on management Varroney Dan Varroney spent six months as acting president and CEO of tech industry group TechAmerica, and, in a way, he has returned to the field.
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Fuller plans to depart aircraft pilots group
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Regional director oversees triple merger
California-based group joins with two other associations to form national organization Bradley The Western Home Furnishings Association is about to get a lot bigger.
Read MoreColleagues with benefits: mentoring is mutual
Veteran executives supply how-to advice; how the relationship yields returns for young talent, the mentor and the organization alike Talk to an association executive who has been a mentor, and they may very well start to proselytize about the mutual benefits of mentoring—for the mentor, the mentee and the organization for which they work.
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